Originally Posted by CDSmith

I'll tell you what man.... I've known a few people in my time who flew too close to the flame and eventually got burned, as in sent to prison for X amount of time. One such guy was my nephew, and speaking from his experience I can tell you, instead of him feeding off of the other inmates and becoming worse, he CHOSE to learn a hard lesson during his time in there. He hasn't re-offended in over fifteen years, has worked several jobs long-term and has a wife and kids and a home. And Canadian jails are no picnic either.

I visited him several times in there, and one thought that has always occured to me since then is that if I ever ended up in a place like that I too would fucking learn my lesson. So what is it that stops others from learning theirs?

I don't think I've missed any point. I fully understand what you're trying to say, I'm just saying that some of what you're saying is a tough sell to much of society. That's all.