Only a few days ago I asked this question on abolishing prisons. It’s one among many things that I think are important discussions we should have in our time. Here is a podcast by a prison abolitionist that you could listen to or you can read the transcript of the discussion.
Then I remembered this address by Clarence Darrow to Cook County prisoners in 1902 where he says
There ought to be no jails; and if it were not for the fact that the people on the outside are so grasping and heartless in their dealings with the people on the inside, there would be no such institution as jails.
I am sentimental towards that ideal, right up until I recall how the R party is getting away with the constitutional atrocities they are pulling.
Until we can strip them of their means and leave them destitute on the street, jail sounds better than letting them get away with this crap.
SD, heartless S.O.B.
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Maybe we should make exceptions for politicians. Instead of jail, an active volcano should be good
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I’m not against that notion. Seconded!
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Just find a volcano
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Only active volcanoes in the states I know of are in Hawaii. Sounds like a helluva road trip, you bring your politicians, I’ll bring mine.
We can have a beer later ๐
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The quotation by Clarence Darrow is very appropriate as a reminder to EVERYONE to treat one another kindly and thoughtfully. Good post! Naked hugs!
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This is all well and good. But vengeance is a deeply root demand in the human soul. And, I feel no need at all to treat avid and avaricious members of the Trump cabal with kindness and thoughtfulness.
There are predators among us. Maybe some can easily forgive a priest that has been raping children for two decades, or a white collar criminal that has looted a pension fund. I am not a good enough person to do that.
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Brian, I can understand your sentiments.
I have been thinking of throwing our politicians and their families into an active volcano.
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I believe in jails – specially for politicians, priests and purse-snatchers (aka bankers)
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We are agreed on this
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