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		yCloser on Nov 22, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: An autistic man was surfing the internet on his da... His family should have monitored his online activity but failed horribly to do so.

rippercushions on Nov 22, 2022 [–]

He was 21 at the time and thus legally an adult.

lamontcg on Nov 22, 2022 | [–]

You can't really have it both ways. If he was a responsible adult then he deserves the punishment that he's getting. If he wasn't fully capable then his family really needed to be practicing ongoing oversight over him.

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