Man spends two years in solitary confinement after DWI arrest

[USRanger]

Sad that this still happens in this day & age.

http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/25/10233835-man-spends-2-years-in-solitary-after-dwi-arrest

[Dichotomy]

sad to say but when you're arrested you become a 'thing' instead of a person. 

[Penguin]

sad to say but when you're arrested you become a 'thing' instead of a person. 

Do you think that it's right?

-Penguin

[Jayhawk]

Unbelievable, I don't what else to say.

[EskimoJoe]

Do you think that it's right?

-Penguin

Because 'sad to say' doesn't give a damn thing away... omfg 

[Penguin]

You've never heard of anyone say "It's sad to say, but we need [insert harsh policy here]"?  They are agreeing with the policy and its harshness, but don't like the fact that there is a need to do it.  However, someone could, as you said, be genuinely saddened by the idea.

-Penguin

[Tupac]

Where in Dichos post did he say we needed treatment like that?

[Jayhawk]

Language is difficult, it goes far beyond words, there are subtle complexities.  Some people, maybe due to lack of social interaction, are unable to carry on in a normal conversation...

[Penguin]

The message in the sentence comes from the tone of the post, which in turn comes from context, which this post lacks.  Hence my confusion.

It's like writing:

"I ate babies."

That could mean many things when one considers tone.  The person could be celebrating victory by eating babies, or have recently found out, to their horror, that there last filet mignon was really little Francis Miller.

-Penguin

[Jayhawk]

If it's so confusing, why does everyone but you understand it?

[Penguin]

I considered the fact that he may have been sarcastic or be a man of "tough love".

-Penguin

[wil3ur]

See Rules #4, #14

[Penguin]

See Rules #4, #14

[wil3ur]

let's see this become a pattern before we start worrying about becoming an Orwellian dystopia.

-Penguin

    

You obviously haven't been paying attention to the news for the past 50 years.

[Penguin]

See Rule #14