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Phyzzle posted:During the initial furor over the sentencing of the "Affluenza" teen, I read a memorable quote saying that when an emphasis on rehabilitation goes too far, it can become "making GBS threads on the victims." Is that making GBS threads on the victims, or is that making GBS threads on poor people what can't afford Omega-level legal defense? The whole "rehabilitation vs. retribution" thing is a totally different issue from that of class/racial discrimination in sentencing (obviously, no one with any trace of a conscience would find the latter acceptable). I've always thought that if you're more concerned with your own emotional desire for retribution than with having society work to spare others whatever harm has been done to you, you are dangerously close to becoming the monster you seek to destroy. One might make a valid case for making prison undesirable enough that would be criminals aren't just writing it off as an occupational hazard, but there's absolutely no excuse for making it so brutal as to leave people more messed up than when they came in.
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