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TheNormalAlternative t1_j9glutb wrote

Reply to comment by NetQuarterLatte in 2 Teens’ Deaths Underscore Dangers of ‘Subway Surfing’ by thenewyorktimes

Once upon a time, warning a kid about the dangers of their actions might mean bringing the kid to the morgue to see dead bodies or to jail to see inmates from a safe distance. You can't do things like that anymore.

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ngroot t1_j9icns4 wrote

That's because we figured out that it didn't work. Go look at the effectiveness of Scared Straight.

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ThreepointerFTW t1_j9hjif9 wrote

If you did that, you get blame for scarring them to life.

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TheNormalAlternative t1_j9hwa8t wrote

Which is kinda the whole point. Scar em for life so they don't do stupid things to lose their life

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cmmgreene t1_j9jcg81 wrote

As others have mentioned that doesn't work, check out the news archives and kids were subway surfing in NYC one locomotives ran on El Tracks. They didn't scare those kids either, pretty hard to scare a kid that seen more death and poverty at 10. What we're witnessing is society repeating itself and not learning any lessons. Kids left to their own devices do dumb shit, somebody didn't think a swath of kids was worth it, now that their acting out is getting attention, so now let's do something about it. But no really wants to make the major shift to society that would lead to lasting change.

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