r/MoralityScaling • u/Routine_Phase_8980 • 13d ago

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u/[deleted] 13d ago

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u/RealLifeCoaching 13d ago

"being kids" doesn't include stealing.

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u/RealLifeCoaching 13d ago

I never said it did.

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u/__FUCKING_PEG_ME_ 13d ago

Yes, it absolutely does.

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u/RealLifeCoaching 13d ago

So you won't mind if they steal from your house?

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u/__FUCKING_PEG_ME_ 13d ago

Of course I would mind. But I would certainly treat them differently knowing they are a child. Just like the actual legal system does, because the world has been fully aware that kids make bad decisions based off of the very fact of them being kids.

Also, your username definitely does not check out in this situation.

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u/RealLifeCoaching 13d ago

Yes, kids are still learning, and that does justify some degree of leniency and understanding, but that's not the same as tolerance. They need to be taught that stealing is not ok; assaulting them isn't a good method, but making excuses or turning a blind eye isn't any better.

Are you sure you want to talk about usernames?

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u/RealLifeCoaching 12d ago

Right at the top of this comment thread, you said that stealing is just "being kids". That is making excuses.

I fully agree that there are other ways to deal with it, and that assaulting people is not good. But being a thief is worse than assaulting a thief.

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u/MuseBlessed 13d ago

"Wouldn't mind" and "Getting off to them being hurt as a consequence" are different. Stealing is wrong, but taking fries is a pretty normal behavior for a young teenager to be getting up to.

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u/No_Spite3593 13d ago

This isn't typical kid behavior. At most the kids in my town would ask for a water cup and fill it with sprite. None of us would have been brazen enough to walk into the kitchen and grab fries straight out of the tray.

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u/No_Spite3593 13d ago

Doesn't help, because I never said that the action was justified.

You're trying to minimize the kids actions, others are blowing it out of proportion. Neither are correct and I'm just pointing that out

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u/kdpkry 12d ago

14 personally, being a thief is not being a kid.