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Comment by knz_ | Hacker News Reader

The people working at these camps should be named and shamed.

They should be prosecuted and sent to prison. Kidnapping and torture of children is about as wrong as it gets. Children [should] have rights too.

How about we ban camps like that and let the judicial system deal with it instead starting an angry mob with pitchforks and torches?

Isn't it already abuse?

Great, then we just need enforcement which is much simpler than new laws and also doesn't require lynch mobs.

"Lynch mob" in this case is people talking abput their own experiences.

People can talk about their own experience without "naming and shaming" other people.

Not really without naming. Because then you require them to keep others secrets and dance around what exactly happened.

And when it comes to abuse, the result of being outed as abuser is shame generally.

I mean, being named and shamed has lower impact on your life then being charged, prosecuted and sentenced. And it is cheaper as payments fot layer alone can bankrupt you whether guilty or not.

You are absolutely correct. It's the only way to make them take a long hard look at themselves.

They're often backed by... entire religions that claim they're unquestionably doing the right thing in trying to save the children from eternal hell.

If only life were so simple in trying to make people feel ashamed...

That is not a reason to give up though.

Those religions should be banned and prosecuted too then.

Shaming doesn't accomplish that.

Making them go through something awful as the only way to learn?

Gee now that sounds familiar in this context. Perhaps it'll work great!

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