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I personally believe that punishment should be severe, but that people need second chances. Perhaps many people end up homeless after making poor choices in lif
by jostmey 13y ago
I personally believe that punishment should be severe, but that people need second chances. Perhaps many people end up homeless after making poor choices in life that lead to their predicament. But society must offer ways for everyone to redeem themselves.
edit> Our society (The US) has become really good at punishing people, but is terrible at helping people back up.
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- georgemcbay 13y agoI'm not sure if it is just the wording or what, but I find it really wacky that you seem to be conflating poverty with crime. "Punishment"... for being poor and homeless?
- scotty79 13y agoI've never seen it stated so clearly but I think that it's fairly common sentiment. If you made bad financial/job decisions in your life you deserve to not be provided with such basic necessities as food and shelter that we provide to even most serious criminals. Basically in public opinion not getting rich enough (to support yourself in economy of the time) is very serious crime and you should be punished for it with hunger and homelessness.
- gnaritas 13y agoPunishment for what?
- vidarh 13y agoFor deigning to be poor, of course.
- throwaway34020 13y ago> Perhaps many people end up homeless after making poor choices in life that lead to their predicament I don't really have any data at hand, but a lot of people become homeless due to health issues, family conflicts, socio-economic problems (high unemployment rates, factory closings, lack of affordable housing), or even by being born poor or homeless... I believe some of those reasons are outside of the control of a single person.
- gnaritas 13y agoYou don't need data; OP is suffering from the Just World Fallacy, he doesn't understand how the world actually works.