NY Blogger Criticized For Posting Photos of Teen Vandals

Re:NY Blogger Criticized For Posting Photos of Teen Vandals by Zak on Monday November 08, 2010 @12:56AM (#1881558)

>I don't think anyone is advocating jail time for egging people.

I am. I don't think a fine effectively gets across the point that battery and vandalism are crimes, not minor violations like jaywalking. $200 is a speeding ticket, and to some upper-middle class teenagers, little more than pocket change. Three days in jail (or juvenile detention), on the other hand is most likely a novel and frightening experience that's actually likely to discourage similar behavior in the future.

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Re:NY Blogger Criticized For Posting Photos of Teen Vandals by pyre on Monday November 08, 2010 @03:25PM (#1883838)

  > some upper-middle class teenagers, little more
  > than pocket change

I think that my parents would be considered upper-middle class and I've never thought that $200 was pocket-change.

  > Three days in jail (or juvenile detention), on
  > the other hand is most likely a novel and frightening
  > experience that's actually likely to discourage similar
  > behavior in the future.

For some. For others it might just allow them to find bad role models more effectively.

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Re:NY Blogger Criticized For Posting Photos of Teen Vandals by stretchwithme on Monday November 08, 2010 @01:43AM (#1881656)

oh, ok then. Give them a little time in the corner. Even that is not life ending. Even Martha bounced back.

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