1 in very 100 adults is in jail

[sanjuro_ronin]

But you are always free to leave in a democratic society.

Remember; free countries build fences to keep people out, dictatorships build them to keep people in.

More importantly, you are also free to change it.

That said, democracy gives no one the right to voluntarily harm others.

[bakxierboxer]

You say fascist as if that is a bad thing.

"It's all relative...."

My extremely Liberal younger brother used to call me a Nazi, and insisted that he had every right in the world to take whatever drugs he liked.

We agreed to disagree....

Being something of a "speedy" type, he died from "burnout" some time back....

[Drake]

Honestly, if I had my way, I'd crush you all under an iron fist of oppression. Someone has to grab the reins and start running this monkey farm, because history keeps showing that people are too stupid to manage themselves as a collective.

[bakxierboxer]

Honestly, if I had my way, I'd crush you all under an iron fist of oppression. Someone has to grab the reins and start running this monkey farm, because history keeps showing that people are too stupid to manage themselves as a collective.

If you'd promise (cross yer heart) to be only "slightly less oppressive" (perhaps only an "Iron Palm of Repression(tm)"?), you'd have my vote.......

[Drake]

Maybe an iron caress? An iron pat on the back?

Either way...as long as my people behave, there's no need for my secret police to drag them from their homes in the dead of night.

[bakxierboxer]

Maybe an iron caress? An iron pat on the back?

Either way...as long as my people behave, there's no need for my secret police to drag them from their homes in the dead of night.

WHAT????!!!
NO beating about the head and ears?
NO splinters under the fingernails?
WHAT kinda discipline izzat???!!!
HOW in the blue blazes can ANYONE feel properly repressed without a little bit of "encouragement"?
!@#$#% #$%$&^((!!!!

[Drake]

WHAT????!!!
NO beating about the head and ears?
NO splinters under the fingernails?
WHAT kinda discipline izzat???!!!
HOW in the blue blazes can ANYONE feel properly repressed without a little bit of "encouragement"?
!@#$#% #$%$&^((!!!!

"Behave" can mean many things, and the definition often changes. Keeps people on their toes.

[bakxierboxer]

"Behave" can mean many things, and the definition often changes. Keeps people on their toes.

Long as you don't start it off with that little old ditty:

"If you bend over and touch your toes....."

[bodhitree]

Being something of a "speedy" type, he died from "burnout" some time back....

Dude, are you serious? That's a shame, sorry to you and your family.

[David Jamieson]

Honestly, if I had my way, I'd crush you all under an iron fist of oppression. Someone has to grab the reins and start running this monkey farm, because history keeps showing that people are too stupid to manage themselves as a collective.

let's see now, we went from cave people, to neolithic people, to the bronze age, to the iron age, to the industrial age, to the nuclear age and now we sit at the edge again of progress and understanding.

I don't think we are that great of a failure to ourselves. I do believe there are a great deal of us who are unwilling to do much about anything and are satisfied to live our lives out and that's that.

Then there are some of us who push forward, always claiming new ground of understanding and knowing.

So, because of this more or less historical record of success that shows that aggressive iron hand type rulers rise and fall and collapse in the period of their life time, then I would say that this thinking is the backwards kind and not the kind that wants people as a whole to work together towards a better tomorrow.

Having said that, yes we will make mistakes, but how are we to learn. For instance, democracy today has taken a step backwards and right now doesn't look like much more than a dictatorship fo the majority. At least in the G8 countries that 's how it is at the moment. This is a flaw and is dangerous. It is important to not let aristocratic types take contreol of governments or to set in place rules of governance that destroy the foundations and good stuff of democracy.

in my opinion there is a need for change in the implementation of democracy. and it has to be a step to previous models and not a continuance of what there is now.

[bakxierboxer]

Dude, are you serious? That's a shame, sorry to you and your family.

Dead serious..... (POOH!)

Thanks for the condolences.

He lived his life the way he wanted to....
It still broke me up when it happened 'cause you just don't expect the younger one to go first.... now I've gotta "wait'n'see" what happens with the youngest who did not "do" quite as much, but still has "a problem" to deal with. TCM helps him.

Also lost my Dad more recently... but, he was "ready" for it, which made a bit of a difference.

When you start "getting on in years" this kinda stuff "happens when it happens".... not an awful lot to do or say about it other than "the obvious".

I only brought it up because it seemed to have a bit of a relationship to one of the ongoing topics.

[AJM]

As a former correctional officer I cantell you that in my opinion nearly half of the people doing time are for things that I don't consider crimes.

[sanjuro_ronin]

As a former correctional officer I cantell you that in my opinion nearly half of the people doing time are for things that I don't consider crimes.

that is a huge statement

[SifuAbel]

"It's all relative...."

My extremely Liberal younger brother used to call me a Nazi, and insisted that he had every right in the world to take whatever drugs he liked.

We agreed to disagree....

Being something of a "speedy" type, he died from "burnout" some time back....

Not to sound callous, but it makes you wonder if things would be different if Regan didn't totally cut federal spending for treatment instead of the much cheaper "just say no" campaign. And In cheaper I mean the trillions spent on prosecution and recidivism.

You are a Nazi.

The "you're a traitorous, liberal, towel head" comment in 3..........2...........1.

[bakxierboxer]

Not to sound callous, but it makes you wonder if things would be different if Regan didn't totally cut federal spending for treatment instead of the much cheaper "just say no" campaign. And In cheaper I mean the trillions spent on prosecution and recidivism.

Any money spent on treatment is a waste.
None of them will quit until THEY decide to do it.

You are a Nazi.

The "you're a traitorous, liberal, towel head" comment in 3..........2...........1.

Sorry if I messed up your count, butit's not my problem if your drug-addled brain has trouble counting high enough for the time elapsed since you posted that crap.

Not the words I'd choose.... try:

"You're a subversive, commie, fat-head-covering, brainless turd."

Oh, yeah... you also have absolutely NO idea what a real NAZI is like.