[naturalman1975]

A child is not a puppy but if a child messes his pants your analogy might hold up.

Why are people fixating on the puppy? The puppy is not the point of the quote.

[driftdiver]

Because the puppy is the point. People aren’t puppies. Teenagers know right from wrong. They may not have the judgement adults have but they do know.

The point of putting someone in prison is to 1) punish them and 2) keep society safe from them