• @[email protected]
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      10810 months ago

      This is meant to be rehabilitation by teaching her empathy. Jail won’t change her but this might.

      • @asteriskeverything
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        2110 months ago

        Ultimately jail is meant to be rehabilitation, I see how the punishment fits much better.

        But then I’m bias cuz I’m not a fan of the criminal justice system and prison industrial complex in general.

    • @[email protected]
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      9710 months ago

      Don’t think of it that way. You’re not saying oh this is terrible so now you have to do this. You’re saying this is a demanding job and you ought to have respect for the people who do it. Give them a little insight into the hardships of the people they’re giving shit

      • @Frozengyro
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        -510 months ago

        Sounds like indentured servitude to me.

        • @schmidtster
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          It’s called community service and if the person would rather pay a fine or go to jail they are normally allowed to pick those options.

        • @grue
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          1510 months ago

          That’s where the “except as a punishment for crime” part of the 13th Amendment kicks in.

    • magnetosphere
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      Some people’s everyday lives are punishment. That’s the world we’ve built.

      On top of that, there are those who can’t/won’t learn empathy. The only way they can understand is by actually living through it themselves. I think sentences like this should be commonplace for anyone who commits a crime against a service worker.

    • @xkforce
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      If you’ve ever worked in a low paying customer service job for a prolonged amount of time, you know that IT IS a punishment.

    • @surewhynotlem
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      1810 months ago

      I sentence you to be surewhynotlem for a week. A punishment worse than death.

    • @[email protected]
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      This was my first thought as well. But on the other hand, I thinks it’s great if we can set aside our desire for punishment/retribution and just increase empathy. (Walk a mile in their shoes)

      Maybe on their last day of service, the person they assaulted gets to throw a burrito bowl in their face. Then we get the best of both worlds.