• webghost0101@sopuli.xyz
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    5 hours ago

    How do you know this is a pervert and not just an awkward confused elder?

    It could have been a pervert yes, thats why you get up and tell them off. Make it clear that they’re being inappropriate.

    Public shaming is incredibly effective in altering future behaviour.

    But you don’t actually know their motives.

    I also don’t think the old man is pretending anything, it’s seems to be his son who is doing that and talked to the media.

    Personally i think that son should realise dad is at a stage where they should not go outside on their own.

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      5 hours ago

      Personally i think that son should realise dad is at a stage where they should not go outside on their own

      I’m not sure son gives a shit about his father or the victim, too many dollar signs in his eyes as he seeks “justice”.

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        So it’s possibly the son who is to blame for possibly not taking good care of mentally ill dad.

        They might even be trying to pass off their own guilt of knowing that dad needs a caretaker to go in public into blaming the family.

        But now i feel even more that i should quote this part of the article, cause its all we have been doing.

        The police urged people “not to speculate on the incident or its circumstances” and to let police “conduct investigations and establish the facts of the case”.

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          4 hours ago

          I think the point stands even if we ignore this specific incident: If you touch someone in public without their consent, especially a child, you can and probably should be harmed in retaliation. Boundaries and consent are essential. Fuck around, find out.

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            4 hours ago

            Can absolutely, should without further context? Hard no.

            If they pose an actual threat you have a right to defend your family. Thats an entirely different then they should be hurt as payback.

            Mentally ill people are not fucking around. They are also not finding out because they don’t always understand what they did or why others reacted, They just need help.

            Actually i think you might be one of those people.

            My kids have like all kids acted inappropriately in public at times, and i don’t want to know how you would respond to it if they accidentally invaded your personal space in the process.

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              Mentally ill people are not fucking around. They are also not finding out because they don’t always understand what they did or why others reacted,

              Good point. Ideally, we would not have such a mental illness epidemic in the first place, and some people blur the line between “mentally ill” and “creep”, but in the interests of not harming the innocent we should be cautious to exercise undue force.

              They just need help. Actually i think you might be one of those people.

              My christian parents have been hitting me since before I could think. I am seeking help, but I live in the US. Everything’s slow and the therapists have not been good. I’m trying a fifth one in a week or so.

              My kids have like all kids acted inappropriately in public at times, and i don’t want to know how you would respond to it if they accidentally invaded your personal space in the process.

              At young ages, that is typical. They are still developing, learning boundaries. I do not advocate hitting children. Assuming the old man was not mentally ill, he should have known better.