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Aszur A nice butterfly from Pagliacci's Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
A nice butterfly
#96926: Jul 22nd 2015 at 11:01:59 AM

I have seen it. The one where the inmates just yell at them and stuff? Would be funny if it wasnt sad

It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes
LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#96927: Jul 22nd 2015 at 11:02:34 AM

That's the point. Traumatize the kid into never committing crime again.

Oh really when?
Xopher001 Since: Jul, 2012
#96928: Jul 22nd 2015 at 11:07:53 AM

And it's exploitation too! I mean, Jesus Christ, they'd never allow this sort of shit another country

edited 22nd Jul '15 11:08:35 AM by Xopher001

BonsaiForest Since: Jan, 2001
#96929: Jul 22nd 2015 at 12:33:27 PM

I imagine some parents are just desperate and haven't thought of anything else.

Gabrael from My musings Since: Nov, 2011 Relationship Status: Is that a kind of food?
#96930: Jul 22nd 2015 at 2:18:04 PM

That used to be part of various educational programs in schools.

Aprilla had to visit a prison I believe as a field trip. I will have to ask.

Anyway, again, education, social reform and healthcare are the key here. If people don't know any better they are going to keep doing stupid things.

I just lost my health insurance today. I also am being laid off yet again in a few weeks. The more this happens the more I can see why the drug trade or something else like that is so appealing.

"Psssh. Even if you could catch a miracle on a picture any person would probably delete it to make space for more porn." - Aszur
LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#96931: Jul 22nd 2015 at 2:21:15 PM

I'm sorry Gab sad If there was anything I could do I would.

And I'd be lying if I said I haven't given some very serious thought about selling drugs or guns before but I figured with my luck it'd just end poorly for me.

Oh really when?
Euodiachloris Since: Oct, 2010
#96932: Jul 22nd 2015 at 2:36:46 PM

[up][up]I know sympathy alone is pretty useless, but you have mine, regardless, mate.

Reasons for a strong social support structure, eh? (But, you try telling people that.) -_-

Aprilla Since: Aug, 2010
#96933: Jul 22nd 2015 at 2:38:20 PM

[up][up][up]It was Tucker Unit and McPherson Unit (women's correctional).

One of the drug offenders there was a former kindergarten teacher. A very attractive young blonde with an MA in childhood education, a shitload of student loan debt and a bad circle of friends that led one thing to another.

I'll let you all consider the implications.

edited 22nd Jul '15 2:38:58 PM by Aprilla

Know-age Since: May, 2010
#96934: Jul 22nd 2015 at 4:43:21 PM

@Aprilla Thank you for the info.

tryrar Since: Sep, 2010
#96935: Jul 22nd 2015 at 4:47:39 PM

Has anyone seen the video response to being doxxed by the Donald Senator Lindsey Graham posted? Say what you want about the guy, but that was one of the more....unique ways of handing that [lol]

TotemicHero No longer a forum herald from the next level Since: Dec, 2009
No longer a forum herald
#96936: Jul 22nd 2015 at 6:24:42 PM

And that is how you respond to someone like Donald Trump, and appeal to the internet crowd. Well played, sir.

Expergiscēre cras, medior quam hodie. (Awaken tomorrow, better than today.)
probablyinsane Since: Oct, 2011 Relationship Status: I LOVE THIS DOCTOR!
#96937: Jul 22nd 2015 at 8:48:22 PM

Re: student loans and kindergarten teachers needing master's degrees

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Credentialism_and_educational_inflation = more reason to lose faith in humanity

Unfortunately, I think the overvaluation of "higher education" will only get worse in the future. That plus computers erasing more and more jobs.

As for being like the Scandinavian countries in terms of social services. 60% taxes & 30% of the population is employed by the government. It's easier to trust the government with most of your income if you're employed by the government.

Plants are aliens, and fungi are nanomachines.
Krieger22 Causing freakouts over sourcing since 2018 from Malaysia Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: I'm in love with my car
Causing freakouts over sourcing since 2018
#96938: Jul 22nd 2015 at 10:25:51 PM

Dylann Roof has been charged with federal hate crimes that may result in a death sentence.

Apparently South Carolina doesn't have a hate crime statute, although that doesn't surprise me that much thanks to what Garcon and Gabrael have posted.

And Gabrael, I'm really sorry to hear about that :(

I have disagreed with her a lot, but comparing her to republicans and propagandists of dictatorships is really low. - An idiot
BonsaiForest Since: Jan, 2001
#96939: Jul 23rd 2015 at 3:42:50 AM

My younger brother (the insane ultra-rightest/libertarian hybrid) says that Donald Trump is doing a great job of "trolling" other politicians, and proving that the media is full of crap.

I... think he doesn't know what he's talking about. If Trump is trolling and isn't instead trying to inflate his own ego, he's doing a damn good job of it. If he is trying to troll the media, at least the Huffington Post (a left publication) isn't falling for it, though the rest certainly are.

Not sure quite what he means about Trump showing the media is full of crap. After all, Trump gave away the cell phone number of a political rival, and made himself look like an asshole. The media reporting on that made him look stupid, not them.

DrunkenNordmann from Exile Since: May, 2015
Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#96941: Jul 23rd 2015 at 5:06:28 AM

If one takes as a premise that the media are stooges of a system designed to keep us all within neat little social and political boundaries and hide The Truth (tm) of how we are all being manipulated, then Trump's ... verbal diarrhea ... could be seen as a "the Emperor has no clothes" kind of thing. I guess. I'm not good at troll logic but I can try.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#96942: Jul 23rd 2015 at 5:10:09 AM

Eh, what does it matter? People like that live in their own fantasy world and are reality proof.

Their logic is almost incomprehensible.

Oh really when?
Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#96943: Jul 23rd 2015 at 9:52:01 AM

http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/23/politics/donald-trump-border-visit-texas/index.html

Trump is threatening a third party run? Oh that would be a dream come true.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#96944: Jul 23rd 2015 at 10:11:24 AM

It would be amazing. It would split the Republican vote enough to guarantee a Democratic win even absent other factors, and so it's something that the GOP will be desperately trying to stop.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#96945: Jul 23rd 2015 at 10:12:48 AM

Is it too soon to start partying?

Oh really when?
Aszur A nice butterfly from Pagliacci's Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
A nice butterfly
#96946: Jul 23rd 2015 at 10:14:18 AM

It is not over until cheeseburger-eating fat lady liberty sings

It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes
kkhohoho (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#96947: Jul 23rd 2015 at 10:15:08 AM

[up][up]Nope. {Breaks out the wine caskets, the streamers, and a sacrificial goat.}

edited 23rd Jul '15 10:15:19 AM by kkhohoho

TheyCallMeTomu Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#96948: Jul 23rd 2015 at 10:32:20 AM

Ehhhhh... don't party just yet.

See, the democrats already have a leg up in the presidential race anyway. A third party run certainly helps the Dems out further in that-but part of the issue is, just how much dominance are the Republicans gonna have in congress.

A trump third party means both the crazies and the moderates (HA!) on the right can vote without feeling disgusted, meaning turnout could be better, and that congressional domination may be more powerful.

Of course, Dems are likely to win back the senate just because it's a favorable year, but the House is almost certainly going to stay in Republican control.

Ogodei Fuck you, Fascist sympathizers from The front lines Since: Jan, 2011
Fuck you, Fascist sympathizers
#96949: Jul 23rd 2015 at 10:35:32 AM

But that was going to happen anyway. The gerrymandering spread more or less guarantees the GOP controls the House until 2023, at least (this is assuming the Democrats step up their short game in the next 5 years and make good showings in state houses, which on the whole are more Republican than they've ever been).

TheyCallMeTomu Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#96950: Jul 23rd 2015 at 10:56:41 AM

It's all about the impact at the margin.


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