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> a debt to his community that has long been paid I recognize that this is a common, long standing idiom but it doesn’t make any sense. Inasmuch as he had a d
by bradleyjg 2y ago
> a debt to his community that has long been paid
I recognize that this is a common, long standing idiom but it doesn’t make any sense.
Inasmuch as he had a debt, even abstractly, it was to his victim. And sitting in prison at large net cost to taxpayer isn’t paying anything to anyone.
- BowBun 2y agoAgreed, I personally believe no amount of jail time pays for the heinous crimes described above. The fact that they now get to enjoy a life heading an organization is infuriating to me compared to the life of trauma inflicted on the victim. She literally will never truly be whole. This isn't a robbery, there is no recourse for what they did. I'd much rather they spent their life repaying their debt by doing work they didn't actually want to do.