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Originally Posted by somerfrost
The weakness of that is that society can't impose morality especially via punishment. The trick is to change their thought process, not just their behavior. being forced to care for animals could just as easily make them hate them as respect them.
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That's very true, but I don't know of many people who can honestly "hate" an animal once they've been forced to spend that much time around them. That's a huge risk, I agree, but community service is looked at as a joke to many people and I'd rather have these kids behind bars.