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Pamela Geller: Muslim Victims of 9/11 Were 'Martyrs in an Act of Jihad'

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SanFranciscoZionist8/14/2011 10:49:21 pm PDT

re: #227 goddamnedfrank

Our prison system is beyond draconian, it dehumanizes, destroys, creates costs and liabilities instead of focusing on rehabilitation and what’s best for society. My uncle went in for armed robbery and almost killed a man in prison, then came out with AIDS. Now he’s on Social Security disability and state Medicaid and will represent a debit on the government’s balance sheet for the rest of his life. Lose-lose.

It’s hard not to feel that the treatment Anders is going to receive is ridiculously lax and unjustifiable in light of his crimes, but our society has created exponentially more mass murderers, and harsher punishment sure hasn’t proved to be any sort of cure.

In an ideal world, I’d like to let some stupid kid who knocked over a liquor store go to the Norwegian prison, and we’ll stick Anders in Supermax…not an ideal world.