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Re:The Shadow Penal System for Struggling Kids by pjc50 on Monday October 11, 2021 @12:17PM (#28829956)
Similar to the Irish "magdalene laundries" of the 20th century. Or the Canadian "residential schools". Both of which have their mass graves of babies.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/03/mass-grave-of-...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-57592243

Perhaps someone should go round the American institutions with ground-penetrating radar and a shovel.

Re:The Shadow Penal System for Struggling Kids by jonny_eh on Monday October 11, 2021 @01:09PM (#28830529)
> Perhaps someone should go round the American institutions with ground-penetrating radar and a shovel.

No matter how bad the scandal is in Canada, I'm positive that the crimes in the US are magnitudes worse.

Re:The Shadow Penal System for Struggling Kids by Avshalom on Monday October 11, 2021 @06:30PM (#28833819)
Re:The Shadow Penal System for Struggling Kids by floor2 on Monday October 11, 2021 @02:16PM (#28831202)
From the HN guidelines: "Eschew flamebait. Avoid unrelated controversies and generic tangents." and "Please don't use Hacker News for political or ideological battle"

You seem to be commenting a lot of unrelated, tangential things to create a narrative aligned to your political beliefs. Something to consider.

Re:The Shadow Penal System for Struggling Kids by FireBeyond on Monday October 11, 2021 @02:22PM (#28831258)
They mentioned the abuses and crimes of religious charitable organizations in Canada. And the abuses and crimes of religious charitable organizations in the UK...

... in a discussion about the abuses and crimes of religious charitable organizations in the US.

I think they're entirely related. They may not be the same organization, but there's systemic patterns evident in such things, and I think your conclusion is, at the least, a little grasping.