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TheFriendlyAnarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 04:14 PM Original message |
Prisons should NOT be for punishment. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
1. I agree... if you are not violent, you shouldn't be behind bars |
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Blaze Diem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 04:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Agreed on both posts. Violent crime and crimes against |
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 04:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. But... |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 04:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. what about white collar criminals like the enron crooks |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 04:38 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Confiscate their assets. |
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physioex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 04:39 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Like the poster below... |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 04:56 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. they're in a class all their own |
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Heywood J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 01:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
47. Right on. |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
4. Prison labor should be outlawed. |
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physioex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 04:37 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. It is that simple but not that simple..... |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 05:14 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. Maybe. But it might not be so simple :) |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 12:39 AM Response to Reply #20 |
31. With respect to prisoners, however, I think you are discounting... |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 01:00 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Merely pointing out that correlation is not causation. |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 01:06 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. I understand that. |
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flashl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 09:53 PM Response to Reply #11 |
28. How do all those dumb prisoners made all these neat things for Unicor to sell? |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 01:23 AM Response to Reply #28 |
36. Big difference between school and doing something. |
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flashl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 05:57 AM Response to Reply #36 |
42. Exactly |
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BlueJazz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
5. There's a lot of Folks behind bars simply for the fact that they're poor.... |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
6. Can we just leave one for Bush and Cheney? |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 04:30 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. I would label both of them as violent |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 04:44 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Has anyone ever measured the value of punishment for society? |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
7. K&R |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 04:49 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. Agreed. |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 05:25 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Even to torturers, rapists, and murderers. |
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TheFriendlyAnarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 05:10 AM Response to Reply #21 |
37. I like that quote BTW. |
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mudesi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
10. That's too coldly logical for conservatives to understand |
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Zoigal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
15. Agree totally |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
17. Reforming prisons is not enough. |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
19. Respectfully disagree. |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 05:27 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. I think that you and the OP might actually be in agreement. |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
23. You know, a properly minded felon could come out of prison MORE dangerous |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 05:19 AM Response to Reply #23 |
40. That's been proven |
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Raejeanowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
24. I'm Open to Viable Alternatives |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 09:16 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. 2 things |
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Perseid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
25. Prison is for punishment, but |
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Perseid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 09:13 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. forgot to write |
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SergeyDovlatov (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
29. Prisons |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 12:46 AM Response to Reply #29 |
32. I think all of those are valid... |
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flashl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 05:50 AM Response to Reply #29 |
41. Prisons |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-16-07 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
30. We see this see saw in US History |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 12:47 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Which I think |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 05:15 AM Response to Original message |
38. Rehabilitation facilities for people who need help |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 05:18 AM Response to Original message |
39. I actually think it should be a combination of both... |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 06:54 AM Response to Original message |
43. Some criminals can be rehabbed |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 06:55 AM Response to Original message |
44. I agree with you nt |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 06:55 AM Response to Original message |
45. In some cases it should. Most serial killers lose the urge to kill by late middle age |
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BadgerLaw2010 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 07:09 AM Response to Reply #45 |
46. That's "incapacitation" not "punishment" |
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piedmont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-17-07 01:50 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. I don't think you read his post. nt |
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