Susuto

And, the teaching of the sciences and history from a strictly secular humanist point of view is an attempt to usurp the authority of the parents who believe to the contrary, who believe that there is intelligent design and the hand of God in all they see. They are taxed to pay for the educational institutions without the benefit of representation within those institutions.

The alternative to what the old man is doing to discipline the girls is to press charges and have them go through the juvenile court system. Within such a system, there’s a great possibility that the girls will not be reformed, but rather put into a system where they will learn to be better criminals. Perhaps the intention of the old man is to dole out some type of punishment that will spare the girls the prospect of having their lives tuned upside-down from a flawed system.