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[-] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 42 points 2 months ago
[-] dev_null@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Of a guy stealing $1000 and not doing the job he we hired for? Good for the kid, but it doesn't change the fact he stole $1000. And put the kid in a morally ambiguous situation of having a $300 that he knows were stolen from his parents.

Edit: I think people are missing my point. There are three options:

  1. Do "real" conversion therapy
  2. Save the kid as he did, steal $700 from the family
  3. Save the kid as he did (donate the money or give it to the kid)

I'm advocating for option 3, not as people seem to think, option 1.

[-] VeganCheesecake 17 points 2 months ago

"Real" conversion therapy likely would have been damaging and more expensive. Also, that cash may have given anon some leverage to do things without his parents knowing, also a good thing in the situation described.

A bit of a scam, sure, but it's not like "real" conversion therapy isn't, while also inflicting trauma on the recipients.

[-] dev_null@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago

Of course real conversion therapy would be far worse, and of course it shouldn't have happened. Doesn't change the fact the guy helped himself to a $700. If he donated the money to conversion therapy victims, or at least given it all to the kid, it would have been fine.

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