tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6803135128442396638.post6464019830332119818..comments2023-10-31T06:20:45.622-05:00Comments on Raving Black Lunatic: Soap Dropping and Other Tasteless JokesBig Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02510881583909431416noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6803135128442396638.post-11203422216022351762010-01-14T10:28:27.006-06:002010-01-14T10:28:27.006-06:00Shady
I think that a lot of the cats who see goin...Shady<br /><br />I think that a lot of the cats who see going to prison as an acceptable business risk would be more willing to change their mindsets if they were giving other options. Given the fact that most people in prison are there because of something narcotics related, I think that if we address the issue of job training and drug counseling in prison, maybe we can deter more crime.<br />I don't know if this is true, but it's obvious that what we're doing now really is not working.Big Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02510881583909431416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6803135128442396638.post-23491762570281064472010-01-14T04:02:03.049-06:002010-01-14T04:02:03.049-06:00I agree with you Big Man but I don't know how ...I agree with you Big Man but I don't know how many effective interventions can be done by the time someone is in prison for rape or murder. I think society should spend more time and resources before someone gets to a point where prison is a possibility. <br /><br />For me and probably the vast majority of people reading this, the idea of going to prison is incredibly horrific. But for some folks it's just a cost of doing business. If someone has that mindset -e.g. John Gotti- can such a person be rehabilitated? I don't know.Shady_Gradyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00996625985002373392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6803135128442396638.post-60625806861554385992010-01-14T00:19:21.044-06:002010-01-14T00:19:21.044-06:00Yes, Big Man, I think that's the biggest irony...Yes, Big Man, I think that's the biggest irony in those discussions! Sad sad sad.macon dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07795547197817128339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6803135128442396638.post-77671110938059534652010-01-13T19:31:06.928-06:002010-01-13T19:31:06.928-06:00I'd rather die than go to prison.I'd rather die than go to prison.Darth Whiteynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6803135128442396638.post-28590627870002135482010-01-13T15:02:30.677-06:002010-01-13T15:02:30.677-06:00I agree that it shouldn't be pleasant, but it ...I agree that it shouldn't be pleasant, but it seems some people have taken unpleasant to mean that nothing good at all should come of prison.<br />I think having your freedome restricted and being denied visits from your family for years is pretty bad. I don't mind programs that require prisoners to work around the prison to reduce costs of operation.<br />I have a problem with the rampant crime and brutality in prison. I have a problem with the fact that prisons have just become human warehouses that do nothing at all to truly deter crime. Nobody wants to go to prison, but it seems like these days going to prison is the best thing you can do if you want to become a harder and better criminal. You get forced into a gang, you get trained in hand to hand combat, you learn how to manipulate police, and your ability to improve your life upon leaving the joint is greatly reduced. It just seems stupid.Big Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02510881583909431416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6803135128442396638.post-80593455326332239302010-01-13T14:39:36.032-06:002010-01-13T14:39:36.032-06:00I think that part of the reason that rehabilitatio...I think that part of the reason that rehabilitation became somewhat passe was because crime was rising from the sixties thru the eighties. So politically it was much easier to argue for harsher treatments than rehabilitation-which didn't seem to be working. Also as conditions worsened in communities, people had less sympathy for anything that smacked of "coddling criminals" whether it was accurate or not.<br /><br />It's complicated. Most people in prison will get out one day so society shouldn't brutalize these people to the point that they can't re-enter normal society. On the other hand, it is PRISON. It's not supposed to be a pleasant experience.Shady_Gradyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00996625985002373392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6803135128442396638.post-24775330185421107062010-01-13T12:20:18.103-06:002010-01-13T12:20:18.103-06:00Macon
I got into with my pops last night about th...Macon<br /><br />I got into with my pops last night about that very issue with prisons. He's one of those folks who thinks they should lock the "thugs" up and throwaway the key. He doesn't care what happens to them. It's a damn shame how people don't see how the horrible conditions in prison only make things worse for them, not better.Big Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02510881583909431416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6803135128442396638.post-78029459145669221682010-01-12T22:49:00.492-06:002010-01-12T22:49:00.492-06:00This was a great post, thank you for addressing th...This was a great post, thank you for addressing this issue. I hate these kinds of jokes too, and always call them out as the kind of ultraviolent, homophobic crap they are.<br /><br />And whatever happened to "rehabilitation"? How did it turn so much into pure "punishment" in our prisons?macon dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07795547197817128339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6803135128442396638.post-57227816715782556722010-01-12T21:38:19.011-06:002010-01-12T21:38:19.011-06:00Not to mention that precisely the ones people hope...Not to mention that precisely the ones people hope are abused are in fact the ones raping the weaker inmates in there. This has been a big issue for me for a long time, glad to see it getting some play.Darth Whiteynoreply@blogger.com