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Originally Posted by KTrain
I only posted this story because it helped me to see that sometimes the situation isn't as clear cut as "he/she is a terrible person".
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I get your point. There isn't an intentionality to harm the child and so parents aren't evil per se. And I definitely see that you think penalties should be applied.
But, like, at what point is someone actually a terrible person? At what point can they be deemed 'terrible'? I mean, sure these parents aren't genocidal dictators or anything, but to do something so criminally and horrifically negligent as to leave your infant in the car as you go to work... that kind of makes you 'terrible', no? Not Hitler-terrible, but self-absorbed-waste-of-skin-should-never-have-been-allowed-to-have-kids terrible... doesn't it?