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They're free to let him take a plea deal and go to prison

by pastor_bob 4y ago

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tibbydudeza 4y ago
As a parent it does not work that way unless you have a toxic relationship with yours.
- mrguyorama 4y ago
  Bullshit. You are perfectly capable of letting your children be punished for their negligence or stupidity, and any action to lessen that punishment will just show them how far you are willing to sacrifice your own life to keep them from learning a hard lesson. They know he knowingly defrauded millions of people out of billions of dollars. If I did that, my mom would let me go to prison for the rest of my life because she knows she taught me morals and that human beings are more important than money and if I decide to ignore that moral framework as an adult then that's on me. Dude is an adult with a fully formed brain. Stopping a twelve year old from burning themselves on a hot stove is one thing, but if your fully adult son still needs to told not to touch the hot stove, it's time to let them fuck around and find out themselves. That all assumes they had no idea what was going on, which I don't know is believable.
  - virgildotcodes 4y ago
    Eh, this is probably their last chance to spend a significant amount of time with their son. By the time he gets out of prison they’ll likely be dead. I can totally understand how parents wouldn’t give two shits about “teaching their child a lesson” in this scenario.
  - yibg 4y ago
    Are you a parent?
- CoastalCoder 4y ago
  I disagree. Especially when your child is all grown up: - You can balance their welfare vs. other goods, e.g. justice, well-functioning society, etc. - Your view of their welfare can include their character, maturity, empathy, and taking responsibility for their actions. It sucks if that requires 20 years in prison, but that may be preferable to helping them be a free but terrible person for the rest of their life.
crabkin 4y ago
you're right. When going against the feds you are taking a huge risk trying to go to trial or otherwise fighting them. From their personal financial perspective and more likely also in their interest as SBF's parents, they'd be best served with taking the plea deal SBF is offered.

They're free to let him take a plea deal and go to prison

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tibbydudeza 4y ago

As a parent it does not work that way unless you have a toxic relationship with yours.

mrguyorama 4y ago
Bullshit. You are perfectly capable of letting your children be punished for their negligence or stupidity, and any action to lessen that punishment will just show them how far you are willing to sacrifice your own life to keep them from learning a hard lesson. They know he knowingly defrauded millions of people out of billions of dollars. If I did that, my mom would let me go to prison for the rest of my life because she knows she taught me morals and that human beings are more important than money and if I decide to ignore that moral framework as an adult then that's on me. Dude is an adult with a fully formed brain. Stopping a twelve year old from burning themselves on a hot stove is one thing, but if your fully adult son still needs to told not to touch the hot stove, it's time to let them fuck around and find out themselves. That all assumes they had no idea what was going on, which I don't know is believable.
- virgildotcodes 4y ago
  Eh, this is probably their last chance to spend a significant amount of time with their son. By the time he gets out of prison they’ll likely be dead. I can totally understand how parents wouldn’t give two shits about “teaching their child a lesson” in this scenario.
- yibg 4y ago
  Are you a parent?
CoastalCoder 4y ago
I disagree. Especially when your child is all grown up: - You can balance their welfare vs. other goods, e.g. justice, well-functioning society, etc. - Your view of their welfare can include their character, maturity, empathy, and taking responsibility for their actions. It sucks if that requires 20 years in prison, but that may be preferable to helping them be a free but terrible person for the rest of their life.

crabkin 4y ago

you're right. When going against the feds you are taking a huge risk trying to go to trial or otherwise fighting them. From their personal financial perspective and more likely also in their interest as SBF's parents, they'd be best served with taking the plea deal SBF is offered.