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Originally Posted by joeysteele

..when he said if a child of his ever went to prison,that he wouldn't visit them left me stunned,what a pretentious and uncompromising person.

This has been a common view held by parents who love their children enough to discipline them (as in teach lessons, guide).

This used to be understood as a GOOD POSITION and the sign of a good parenting.
This was (and still is by some) considered an admirable and noble and 'righteous' thing to do.

The idea here is that he is informing his children that IF they are in the wrong, get arrested then they will have to pay the consequences in full.
Its sometimes called 'tough love'.

Not only did parents NOT visit (and forget helping) their children in jail,
but,
even inmates considered it 'morally wrong' to allow their parents to visit as they were ashamed to put the parents in that position and just have them be seen in prison for what they (the child) had done.

To really give you the idea here - when my Dad was arrested (as a younger lad) my Grandfather got a call from the police.
"We have your boy here.. caught doing some crimes.. what would you like us to do with him?"
My Grandfather sternly instructed them to hold him accountable to the MAXIMUM the law would allow and to lock him up for as long as they could.
To this day my father is still thankful for that 'tough love' and respected his father for it.

So that from Steve is one of the reasons I would consider voting for him to win BB11.