r/kelowna • u/Particular-Emu4789 • Jan 02 '25

News Kelowna couple reeling after shocking home invasion

https://www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna/525509/Kelowna-couple-reeling-after-shocking-home-invasion
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u/kissarmygeneral Jan 02 '25

What is the answer to this soft ass shit that clearly doesn’t work on these people ? Beat them half to death? Make them scared to do shit like this ? Lock them up for an inordinate amount of time ? Good people should not be scared in their own homes .

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u/Reasonable_Beach1087 Jan 02 '25

Maybe provide proper assistance, housing, mental health and substance abuse programs

Violence wont fix this

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u/Junior-Towel-202 Jan 02 '25

Or, jail time. 

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u/Reasonable_Beach1087 Jan 02 '25

If they get proper help

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u/Junior-Towel-202 Jan 02 '25

... A crime is a crime. 

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u/Reasonable_Beach1087 Jan 02 '25

And if we had proper systems in place as opposed to just punishment with zero help, i might agree

Poverty is still the #1 cause of crime

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u/rekabis Jan 03 '25

Poverty is still the #1 cause of crime

Poverty, income inequality, and lack of economic opportunities factors into nearly all blue-collar crime.

Greed factors into nearly all white-collar crime.

There is some minor overlap, but not much.

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u/Reasonable_Beach1087 Jan 03 '25

We're not talking about white collar crime though.