
Originally Posted by
kojax
Yeah, it's a serious problem, and nothing is going to solve it outright in a single shot. I think the best goal is just to see what can be done to reduce the problem as best as we can.
That said, even if we know people won't leave the gangs, do you think the gang itself might decide to become less criminal in nature? Maybe the leader starts choosing less illegal activities for his buddies to engage in? The goal is to de-claw gangs instead of eliminate them. Right now I think that in addition to the child initiations, gangs also just plain attract sadists and criminally minded individuals who would be criminals no matter what, but see gangs as a way to get away with their crimes (so they join, and then start steering the gang down that path). It would be good if that element of society were steered in a different direction away from them. My thinking is that the initiated children may not be natural criminals, and without the sadists to corrupt them they might choose different objectives.