The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

[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.