I first became a vegetarian when I was nine in response to an argument made by a radical babysitter. My great change – which lasted a couple of weeks – was based on the very simple instinct that it's wrong to kill animals for food.
The question I've come to think is not what inspires one to change but what inspires one to remain changed.
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Despite the fact that in America we incarcerate more juveniles for life terms than in any other country in the world the truth is that the vast majority of youth offenders will one day be released. The question is simple and stark. Do we want to help them change or do we want to help them become even more violent and dangerous?
