Thank you for this thoughtful comment.

What you wrote cuts to the heart of why programs like P.E.T. were designed in the first place. When offenders begin to connect cause with effect—not in theory, but through lived, sensory experience—it removes the shield of “I didn’t know what I was doing.” Antisocial behavior is often framed as unchangeable or excusable, but neuroscience shows that empathy circuits can be rewired when the right conditions are created.

Your point about profit-driven tolerance of harmful behaviors is also important. Too often systems normalize cruelty because it benefits someone at the top. The more we expose the actual cost—human, animal, and societal—the harder it becomes to justify inaction.

I appreciate your recognition that effective rehabilitation starts with accountability, and accountability starts with clarity.

We will no longer be subdued by claims that abusers did not know what they were doing. This is an answered prayer for all victims, and it will help those with diagnoses obtain effect interventions.