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Re:The Internet Isn’t Making Us Dumber – It’s Making Us More... by lovemenot on Sunday April 23, 2017 @04:06AM (#14177095)
I can scarcely imagine the pain of losing a child and knowing that it was due to my negligence. Do you seriously think that, on top of all this suffering, the risk of a custodial sentence would add further disincentive?

I am not arguing that these parents were not idiotic, just that their further punishment can serve no purpose.

We may have to agree to disagree though.

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Re:The Internet Isn’t Making Us Dumber – It’s Making Us More... by jinfiesto on Sunday April 23, 2017 @06:33PM (#14180807)
I mean, for the parents in question the ship has already sailed. I don't think it's a bad idea for parents who are engaged in clearly negligent behavior to be prosecuted (hopefully before something like this happens.)
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