[dcposch]

> You don't want to fine, jail or otherwise ruin the lives of thousands of kids to get them to stop. > You just want them to stop spraypainting shit.

https://i.imgur.com/qaFgSm7.png

You have it backwards. It's the act of NOT fining them, NOT calling their parents, of ignoring small destructive acts that ruins lives.

Almost everyone doing a 10 year sentence for a serious crime started out by getting away with a lot of small ones.

[guywithahat]

I agree with everything you said but I don't understand the imgur reference

[lelandfe]

That you "want to have your cake and eat it too," is what they're saying.

Yon dog does too.