Posts by Sacha
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Prevailing climate - any libertarian arguments have an even steeper hill to climb to convince the other 98% of non-believers
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its better to deal with problems within society rather than sequestering them within an artificial environment focused on punishment.
OK, so practically speaking what happens when someone tries to beat me up or take my stuff?
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You've seriously missed Mr Giles' recent contribution?
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Though I'd personally be interested in hearing any coherent ideas about what could replace prisons and police
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Sorry David but young Rick Giles has somewhat queered your pitch
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Quick, someone find a libertarian!
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Those stats probably wont prove the reasons for the bad behaviour
If indefinite imprisonment is justified on the basis of protecting others rather than punishment then I doubt the reason matters much, just the pattern of behaviour. But then I'm no criminologist or expert on justice.
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I guess someone could research the number of prisoners who have had access to rehabilitation opportunities yet have been convicted of ongoing multiple offenses that seriously harmed another person, or some measure like that.
I suspect it's more than 100, but less than the full muster. Doubt there's a neatly published statistic already. Also doubt it would make the slightest impact on current climate.
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Nothing new about Amerikan moral exceptionalism and empire, for sure. Cheney, Rove and their PNAC buddies were just a little more blatant about it.
may think they are playing a video game
Isn't that one way they recruit them these days?
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Who flouted the rules of being engaged.
The last think I expected on this thread was a rofflenui. Suspect it will be the only one.
I recall Dick Cheney, John Yoo and other repugnant scumbags exempting US forces from the Geneva Conventions, so I suspect they have all developed a culture of not believing that reasonable standards of conduct apply to them. Salon.com is down for maintenance right now so I can't retrieve the link, but Glenn Greenwald reminded his readers of Bush's obnoxious phrase: "they hate us for our freedom".
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