High school hazing punishment

[James]

I wonder, in sober reflection, and without the emotional knee jerk reaction, whether some of you are talking out your asses.

Specifically with the degree of punishment that needs to be meted out to the Senior girls.

Do you really believe that their actions merit a punishment that should follow them for the rest of their lives?

Especially given the context of these activities?

Should they be felons? Which might bar them from certain types of financial aid, MANY jobs, deprive them of the right to vote etc etc. All for horrifying people more than the actual inujries?

And/Or do a year of hard time in prison?

If they are expelled or punished educationally, and it affects their college careers, that is againanother situation that may impact the rest of their lives. Is that appropriate given the situation?

And about their parents. Are you people actually maintaining that you as parents wouldn't leap to the defense of your girls' lives even after knowing they took part in something objectionable?

That given the resources you wouldn't try and get the best outcome for them? So that they didn't become a felon. Didn't go to prison. Wouldn't have their career options narrowed because of educational punishment?

Honestly, visceral emotion aside, are we responding appropriately to the situation?