• jimbolauski@lemm.ee
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    4 months ago

    Source? It’s an official govt program being run by a judge.

    I’ll know this may sound strange but just because it’s a government program does not mean due process is followed. Loss of custody was not part of sentencing, these are additional conditions applied after sentencing.

    Worse than grooming the kids to be crime lords? It’s a closely scrutinised program, and nobody’s calling shenanigans on the implementation, not even the kids being interviewed.

    The interviews published were hand selected, the articles are very biased. I’ll sumerize a different way, only 3 of the 100 kids taken from their parents did not speak poorly about their experience.

    I am not seeing a reason that it would be a definite failure.

    One of the foster centers is the Catholic church. Nothing mixes better than Catholic priests and children.

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      4 months ago

      Due process means the law was fairly applied and their rights were respected. I agree and understand that a govt program does not mean this is the case. In the absence of any countervailing evidence however, that would be the default assumption.

      The interviews published were hand selected, the articles are very biased. I’ll sumerize a different way, only 3 of the 100 kids taken from their parents did not speak poorly about their experience.

      I agree with you there. The kids are not under a gag order though. Is there any other article or source that indicates a different situation from the one described here?

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        4 months ago

        Due process means the law was fairly applied and their rights were respected.

        Additional sentencing was added, a parent or parents went to jail and their kids were taken from them.

        that would be the default assumption.

        Trusting the government to do the right thing is a poor idea. Politicians will only do the “right” thing if it helps them out.

        I agree with you there. The kids are not under a gag order though. Is there any other article or source that indicates a different situation from the one described here?

        That usually starts trickling out much later, look at how long it took for the truth to come out about troubled youth camps.

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          4 months ago

          Additional sentencing was added

          How is that additional sentencing? In essence, they proved themselves to be unfit parents (because, you know, the whole grooming for crime thing), and had their kids removed due to that. It’s like if you lost your job because you were convicted of a crime. That’s not additional sentencing, that’s just a consequence of your actions

          Trusting the government to do the right thing is a poor idea. Politicians will only do the “right” thing if it helps them out.

          Without any information, this is just idle conspiracy theorising. It’s not even about politicians, since from the sound of it this came from regular govt officials, not elected politicians.

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            4 months ago

            It’s like if you lost your job because you were convicted of a crime. That’s not additional sentencing, that’s just a consequence of your actions.

            The difference there is the state is doing both things for the same crime, and employment is a conditional agreement.

            Without any information, this is just idle conspiracy theorising.

            Blindly trusting that the government would do the right thing requires a severe lack of understanding of history.

            It’s not even about politicians, since from the sound of it this came from regular govt officials, not elected politicians.

            Elected officials are the ones who hold regular govt officials accountable.