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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby
The goal is to reduce the risk that a person will BECOME a violent criminal in the first place. It isn't to stop people who are already violent criminals.
Most violent criminals have "issues" in their backgrounds that lead them to become violent criminals. It's not a goal. You don't hear Jimbob Villager's grandson say "I wanna be a violent criminal when I grow up, Pappy." You also don't hear Bobby Sue Trailermom's 14-year-old daughter say "Mama can I be a violent criminal when I get my drivers license?"
No - that doesn't happen. Something "happens" to cause people to become violent criminals. By improving education systems, social health and welfare, you increase the odds that kids will grow up to become productive members of society, and decrease the odds that they'll end up violent criminals.
This is all probability and statistics. Ask your local bookie, see what he thinks about it.
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That is what "they" say anyhow. I had everything going for me to go down the drain. I practically raised myself. I have had two speeding tickets in my whole life. I have had a lot of heart breaking things and scary health situations and not much money early on. We couldn't afford dance lessons or piano lessons or summer camp and we would not accept charity. I don't know. In a choice between propaganda and common sense, I will choose the latter. And I do think a lot of us are born with personalities that lead more to success than others. Now I am asking for it. P.S. I hated Hitler awfully.