Author Topic: Lock Em Up! (Read 1012 times)

weazel · « **on:** January 18, 2003, 01:44:18 PM »

INCARCERATION RATES PER 100,000

Netherlands 49
Ireland 62
Finland 65
Denmark 66
Sweden 69
Belgium 71
Germany 80
Italy 80
France 84
Switzerland 85
Austria 88
Spain 90
Australia 91
England 93
Canada 116
USA 519

So why does the U.S. have five to ten times the incarceration rate as the rest of the Industrialized world?

Well, let's look at how we differ from all those scummy other places we're "better" than:

We are the most Christian.

We are the least Agnostic.

We are the most conservative.

We are the least socialist.

We execute the most people.

We have the least gun controls..

We pay the least taxes.

We have the harshest drug laws.

We have the longest sentences.

And we give less of a toejam than just about anywhere.

Conservatives would have us believe that the blame for having the highest crime rate in the industrialized world -- and probably the non-industrialized world as well -- is because of welfare, gun controls, not long enough sentences, too few executions, not enough jails, not smacking our children around hard or often enough and of course, not having enough Jesus shoved down our throats.

Well excuse me! All those awful other countries who suffer far less crime have more welfare, more gun controls, shorter sentences, no executions, less jails, do not hit their children as much as we and have far less God being jammed down their throats.

Every argument conservatives use is a straw man bypassing the basic underlying truth of their entire ideology.

That the selfish callous disregard endemic to both their politics and personalities is the central problem to our moral decay.

Hope all you "conservatives" have a nice day!

Thrawn · « **Reply #1 on:** January 18, 2003, 01:55:14 PM »

Maybe your cops are just better at catching the bad guys. Maybe your prosecuting attornys are better at making their cases.

Yeager · « **Reply #2 on:** January 18, 2003, 02:01:18 PM »

Accept the Lord Jesus Christ into your life and you will be saved.

Airhead · « **Reply #3 on:** January 18, 2003, 02:06:47 PM »

WOO HOO!!!! Go America!! We're NUMBER ONE!!!

Maybe some of those other countries are nothing more than prisons run by a dictator so everybody is imprisoned. Maybe there's nothing worth stealing over there. Maybe their citizens can't afford drugs. Maybe thier women are ugly so nobody will rape them. Maybe the only people that go to prison are those that actually LIKE America.

I know that, like Iraq, the opinion of the United States counts more than the opinions of the United Nations and our allies. Those other countries might say that we have too many people in our prisons.. I say they don't have ENOUGH people in thier prisons.

NUKE · « **Reply #4 on:** January 18, 2003, 02:10:09 PM »

let's buy weazle a ticket to whatever other country he wants to live in.

I'll pitch in $50.00

GRUNHERZ · « **Reply #5 on:** January 18, 2003, 02:11:45 PM »

Ok Weazel so you are a liberal democrat, kinda like Nancy Pelosi and Barbara Boxer and Hillary Clinton.

Thats cool.

NUKE · « **Reply #6 on:** January 18, 2003, 02:17:13 PM »

weazle, you are such a dim wit it is almost not worth replying.

I would be interested to hear you explain why you think our prison population and crime rate are a conservative issue.

Did our crime rate or prison population suddenly change recently?

Weazle, did you post on this subject when Clinton was in office? cause??

Airhead · « **Reply #7 on:** January 18, 2003, 02:19:11 PM »

LOL Nuke remember your blood pressure!! Relax bud!!
Breathe deep... breathe deep...breathe deep....

NUKE · « **Reply #8 on:** January 18, 2003, 02:21:41 PM »

Weazle hates that Repubicans are in charge now. )

It's only gonna get worse for him, as Dems and LIbs get exposed for what thet are.

Holden McGroin · « **Reply #9 on:** January 18, 2003, 02:24:30 PM »

Just in case you missed it in the Rumsfeld thread, I thought I'd repeat it here... I'd really like to help you Weasel.

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first posted in the Rumsfeld thread

You know Weasel, I have yet to discern if you have a coherent political philosophy other than opposition to anyone in power.

You seem to be an angry little man wandering the vast plains of the internet following an anti-scientific method and lifting only the information, whether or not it is of questionable origin, which proves your point that all who wield political influence are corrupt.

I have heard advertisements for herbal male enhancement products that may be able help you alleviate your frustrations.

I hope this helps.

Holden

Please let me know if I can help in any way.

Airhead · « **Reply #10 on:** January 18, 2003, 02:36:20 PM »

Hey wait a sec Nuke...I am a dem and a lib and I have NEVER exposed myself!! That is a Damnable Lie!!

texace · « **Reply #11 on:** January 18, 2003, 02:42:29 PM »

Something I've learned here on these boards recently is that no matter how many numbers you post...no matter how long you say something is bad...it will not change.

Wezel, you think GWB is a bad president, that the US is in peril and that conservatives are bad people. Know what? No matter how many times you say that, it won't change.

GWB will remain president for another year, and conservatives will be who they are. All your crying in this board won't do anything but reinforce the general public's opinion about you.

But hey...British Airways always has seats open...

john9001 · « **Reply #12 on:** January 18, 2003, 03:26:51 PM »

hey holden , i have a ..er .. ah... "friend " that could use that "inhancement " stuff

Airhead · « **Reply #13 on:** January 18, 2003, 03:39:52 PM »

hey John, have you ever tried Viagra? One of my brothers is a pharmacist and I get it from him occasionally. In fact it's my recreational drug of choice.

mietla · « **Reply #14 on:** January 18, 2003, 04:01:28 PM »

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Originally posted by Airhead
In fact it's my recreational drug of choice.

So, what does it do to you?