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Courts are the wrong way to address this. The legal system is both overly punitive and toothless in family law. It cannot punish other than removing access to
by svnt 4y ago
Courts are the wrong way to address this. The legal system is both overly punitive and toothless in family law.
It cannot punish other than removing access to children. Anything else punishes the children as much as the parent.
In my opinion the missing solution is a community-based arbitration process that requires the participation of those who know more about the history/reality. Too often people are afraid of taking a side.
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- robonerd 4y ago> It cannot punish other than removing access to children. Anything else punishes the children as much as the parent. I can think of other possibilities, but I'm sure they wouldn't be popular (in the west anyway.) For instance, moderate caning. Community-based arbitration falls apart when you account for the modern lifestyle of knowing so little about your neighbors, you don't even recognize their faces let alone know their names.
- thatjoeoverthr 4y agoThis is one of my spicier opinions but I think we need caning. Jail and fines do too much _damage,_ including (if the offender has dependents) collateral damage.