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Incarceration is a popular lifestyle choice amongst the disenfranchised poor in America. You get food, shelter, healthcare, security, exercise facilities, educational resources, and plenty of leisure time. The only way to be guaranteed a humane existence in America is to break the law. It's not great, but it's a step up for most homeless Americans, and besides, the majority of the prison population is nonviolent.

The only way to be guaranteed a humane existence in America is to break the law.

This is a patently false statement. That you have a following of supporters says to me that some vote with their bias rather than their brain.

Edited 2007-10-28 14:28

And most of it is victimless; heck, I don't do drugs, but I think it is stupid to lock up a prisoner at a cost (in NZ terms) $60,000 per year; $300,000 for the total sentence, not including the loss of earnings and loss of potential earnings thanks to the criminal record - all thanks to a few grams of weed.

We have the US conservatives running rampant over 'teh gays' and 'teh weed' when they can't even get their own house in order. Then rocket scientists like Hillary and Romney wonder why people are so disconnected with politics given the moronic decisions being made.

Replace drugs with 'movie with music in the background' - another example of a legal system justifying its existence and a music industry grasping at straws, trying to turn every minor infringement into some sort of an 'example' of 'how not to act'. What next, 'copyright infringer' burnings? public floggings? given the stupidity so far, I'd say its not too far off.

"Incarceration is a popular lifestyle choice amongst the disenfranchised poor in America. You get food, shelter, healthcare, security, exercise facilities, educational resources, and plenty of leisure time. The only way to be guaranteed a humane existence in America is to break the law. It's not great, but it's a step up for most homeless Americans, and besides, the majority of the prison population is nonviolent."

I don't mean to come across as "bashing" you, but that is one of the most ludicrous, and out of touch with reality, statements that I've seen in some time now. I'm not sure what led you to such a completely wrong mindset to come to such a conclusion, but a dose of reality would certainly serve you good. As far as whoever would actually vote your statement up, I have no idea what they are thinking. Perhaps it's a politically biased view that led to your post, and to those voting you up. But, to be so completely wrong and yet receive votes just blows me away. I just pray that osnews doesn't become digg or slashdot.

America is so free that 1 in 10 Americans will do jail-time at some point in their lives.

God Bless the USA.