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>I don't think anyone is advocating jail time for egging people. I am. I don't think a fine effectively gets across the point that battery and vandalism are cr
by Zak 16y ago
>I don't think anyone is advocating jail time for egging people.
I am. I don't think a fine effectively gets across the point that battery and vandalism are crimes, not minor violations like jaywalking. $200 is a speeding ticket, and to some upper-middle class teenagers, little more than pocket change. Three days in jail (or juvenile detention), on the other hand is most likely a novel and frightening experience that's actually likely to discourage similar behavior in the future.
- stretchwithme 16y agooh, ok then. Give them a little time in the corner. Even that is not life ending. Even Martha bounced back.
- pyre 16y ago> some upper-middle class teenagers, little more > than pocket change I think that my parents would be considered upper-middle class and I've never thought that $200 was pocket-change. > Three days in jail (or juvenile detention), on > the other hand is most likely a novel and frightening > experience that's actually likely to discourage similar > behavior in the future. For some. For others it might just allow them to find bad role models more effectively.