I do think it says something about society that the first thought is always “go back and kill…” Rather than “go back and prevent them from becoming the worst human on earth”
I think partially the assumption is that it’s an in and out mission. Much harder to change someone’s life for the better in the course of a day than be guaranteed to stop their part in evils to come. If you told me I had one day to convince Hitler to not do the holocaust or just kill him, I don’t think I’d bet millions of lives on my skills of persuasion. Also, and this may be a bit doomer of me, but at a certain point people may never take to rehabilitation. I don’t know that Stephen miller could ever change the person he is. I’m not saying we shouldn’t try, but again, I wouldn’t be millions of lives on it.
I do think it says something about society that the first thought is always “go back and kill…” Rather than “go back and prevent them from becoming the worst human on earth”
I think partially the assumption is that it’s an in and out mission. Much harder to change someone’s life for the better in the course of a day than be guaranteed to stop their part in evils to come. If you told me I had one day to convince Hitler to not do the holocaust or just kill him, I don’t think I’d bet millions of lives on my skills of persuasion. Also, and this may be a bit doomer of me, but at a certain point people may never take to rehabilitation. I don’t know that Stephen miller could ever change the person he is. I’m not saying we shouldn’t try, but again, I wouldn’t be millions of lives on it.