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> The data are in, the experiment has been done, and the conclusions are undeniable: it is a complete disaster.

This is no experiment. This is a single case in a single city that may have been avoidable with other policy decisions.

> Anyone who thinks criminals are “good people in bad circumstances” and “having to be a criminal is punishment enough for their crimes” is just wilfully ignorant.

Ah, the real bias comes out now.

> One can’t help but wonder if people pushing these policies are victims of “no-consequences positive parenting” 30 years later. Those policies can work fine in a loving home - not so much in the adversarial and violent world of society at large.

More pseudo psychology please!




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