The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

[Ghoulish Delight]

More than 1% of adult U.S. population is in jail.

Highest by percentage and by sheer # in the world. We're #1 baby!

[innerSpaceman]

Take that, Russia! Eat My Shorts, China!!

[scaeagles]

Yes, but how many of those are political prisoners? I'd bet Russia and China are ahead of us there.

[katiesue]

Keep em coming. The main industry in my hometown are prisons. We've got two huge california ones and they just opened a federal.

[Alex]

Most of ours aren't political prisoners. I'll certainly grant you that.

But way too many of them are social prudery prisoners and I don't know that this is a whole lot better.

[scaeagles]

Originally Posted by Alex

Most of ours aren't political prisoners. I'll certainly grant you that.

But way too many of them are social prudery prisoners and I don't know that this is a whole lot better.

Certainly. I would suspect, however, that most of those who live under oppressive governments are too fearful to even consider breaking the law and perhaps don't have the chance because of societal controls.

[Strangler Lewis]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

Certainly. I would suspect, however, that most of those who live under oppressive governments are too fearful to even consider breaking the law and perhaps don't have the chance because of societal controls.

Not sure what you mean by this unless you mean that crime in America is somehow an expression of our freedom. The rhetoric behind all anti-crime legislation in this country is certainly as harsh, punitive and, occasionally, cruel as anything you'd expect to hear in Islamic countries, China, Singapore, etc.

[Gemini Cricket]

Without its prison, Tehachapi, CA would be bankrupt.

[katiesue]

Susanville would be too, since the mills closed it's almost all we have.

[Gemini Cricket]

Originally Posted by katiesue

Susanville would be too, since the mills closed it's almost all we have.

Interesting.
Tehachapi has windmills too. Half of them are defunct.