Sounds like “kids will be kids” to me. Lots of young people first learn respect for others until the cell doors clang.
behind them.
Also a society that won’t let young people afford a family is a society that will make those young people criminals.
“Sounds like “kids will be kids” to me.”
It does to me as well. The difference being that 30-40 years ago, there was more discretion being used. Now it’s jail first, ask questions later. That’s very profitable and easy from the justice system’s perspective. However, when 1/3 plus of young men have seen the wrong end of the law, they’re not going to organize to become more moral people, but to avoid the police like the plague and treat the justice system as an oppressor.
There are some T-shirts I saw recently that are popular. They’re take offs on the Warner Bros. logo and say “If you see the police, Warn a Brother.