bah-zing!

I dunno. I feel Trace shouldn't beat himself up about it.

I posted this in another thread, but I think it deserves it's own.

Uh, yes, I have the right to vote, and I always vote for prochoice Dems, and they always win (alas, I forgot to arrange to vote absentee from college when Governor McDonnell won).

Don't forget this part:

Holy crap. I didn't know America had no maternity leave. So, you have to pay to be in the hospital to have your baby, and then immediately you have to find and pay for daycare or bust? Is that how it works there, then?

Jesus Christ.

It's absolutely insane that many of the same lawmakers who want to ban abortion also expect women to have a baby on a Friday and be back at work the following Monday...and of course, the cost of child care be damned!

Damn, Mississippi, of course. OF COURSE. By the way, if my quick calculations are correct, there are more black people in Mississippi than there are people in Montana.

Oh, I say this like a million times in these sorts of articles and nobody cares. Someone at Hahvahd says it and everyone's summoning lentils and shit.

Not to mention the time involvement. When you're going from your first job to your second job it's often quiet easier, less expensive, and more time friendly to grab cheap (and generally unhealthy) take out.

I agree that the game is rigged. My grad school thesis is worked around this issue. All in all it is cheaper to buy a hamburger (one dollar for the cheapest) then to compose a meal of healthy grains, vegetables, and meats.

This is something I really hate about my country. The second you sell an ounce of weed, all consideration of your human rights seems to go out the window immediately. Why is the public at large so petty, vindictive, and bloodthirsty that they willingly buy in to the escalating "tough on crime" bullshit that…

Compassion is, frankly, hard. It involves introspection and thoughtfulness. It requires willingness to accept that one's own experience and situation may not be true of others. Everyone struggles with that to some degree.

Have you read Michelle Hunovon's novel, Blame? The main character serves time in a fire camp and it is a very detailed depiction of what that is like. Good book.
I'm glad your parent is doing well now. Many people can be redeemed, especially those who are in prison for drug offenses. I wish we had more humane prisons…

Thanks for sharing this perspective. I've found that it's difficult for people to step back with some perspective on criminal justice issues because of how messy and complicated and difficult they are. A lot of times it's the folks with personal perspective like yourself that are willing to think a little more…

Vindictive... that's the word I wanted to use instead of vengeful, but couldn't think of. So yes, I agree wholeheartedly.

This is, actually, also a recurring theme on here. I'm constantly shocked at how vindictive people can be about former prisoners on here, and how little forgiveness is given.

So we shouldn't expect our countries to treat people with dignity just because they don't do it in developing states. Got it.

By that logic nothing should made better for anyone anywhere because there is always someone who has it worse.

“I don’t think it’s fair to the children conceived and to the taxpayers,” he said. “You are in prison for a reason. You are in there to pay your debt, and conjugal visits should not be part of the deal.”