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malthaussen

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12. FEMA camps is probably over-the-top

Reply to Jackpine Radical (Original post)

Thu Jul 5, 2012, 09:35 PM

Jul 2012

Especially since we already have pay-as-you-go prisons. I think the most critical question is why the PTB would want to stop the erosion of liberty any time soon. "Preventative detention" and "thought crimes" are not such very far-fetched ideas.

It certainly is a no-win to give even the appearence of defending sex offenders. I'd like to see some links to your data about recidivism, incidentally, since I have heard the opposite, that recidivism is a distinct problem of sex offenders, especially child rapists. (I refuse to use the word "pedophile," because I hardly think a child rapist can be defined as a "lover of children!&quot Be that as it may, it is easy to see how such sentencing opens the door to expanding the population of undesireables. But I have noted over the years that "thin edge of the wedge" arguments get shouted down loudly and immediately, likely because people want to stay in denial.

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Who will be the first to tell me I'm indulging in paranoid fantasies? [View all] Jackpine Radical Jul 2012 OP

Sounds like the old Soviet Union. If you didn't like the system, you had to be crazy. leveymg Jul 2012 #1

Amen. n/t kickysnana Jul 2012 #6

We have some here that romantacize the former U.S.S.R.. Puzzledtraveller Jul 2012 #37

Are you trying to say that somehow, in your mind; Indydem Jul 2012 #2

Absolutely not. Jackpine Radical Jul 2012 #3

So if a sex offender is sentenced to say, 10 years. Indydem Jul 2012 #4

The overall rate of sex offense recidivism is in the neighborhood of 5%. Jackpine Radical Jul 2012 #5

I think you missed the point Bradical79 Jul 2012 #32

WHAT FEMA camps? cherokeeprogressive Jul 2012 #7

I have known you from DU for a long time NNN0LHI Jul 2012 #8

I'll be first. There are no FEMA camps.... scheming daemons Jul 2012 #9

Oh NOES!1! Has everyone forgotten about the black helicopters? FSogol Jul 2012 #21

you are indulging in paranoid fantasies bonzotex Jul 2012 #10

Remember this? Jackpine Radical Jul 2012 #15

KBR contract does not equal FEMA camps for political detainees bonzotex Jul 2012 #40

I regret introducing the FEMA camp distraction. Jackpine Radical Jul 2012 #44

Thanks! bonzotex Jul 2012 #48

You certainly have laid it ... 99Forever Jul 2012 #11

FEMA camps is probably over-the-top malthaussen Jul 2012 #12

The reactions of everyone here to sex offenders Jackpine Radical Jul 2012 #13

You keep trying to argue that pedophilia and rape are a civil right lunatica Jul 2012 #20

No, I'm saying that the universal revulsion against sex offenders can be used Jackpine Radical Jul 2012 #24

My argument isn't that they deserve to be detained illegally lunatica Jul 2012 #29

The problem is that pulling over to pee on a tree Occulus Jul 2012 #38

Actually, I agree. Jackpine Radical Jul 2012 #43

FEMA Camps? You were doing OK until that. MineralMan Jul 2012 #14

i saw you piloting one of those black UN helicopters over my house, spraying TSP on my garden, so dionysus Jul 2012 #17

fema camps.alex jones style woo strikes again... dionysus Jul 2012 #16

I have no sympathy for the sex offenders. Odin2005 Jul 2012 #18

Since when is sexual predation a civil right? lunatica Jul 2012 #19

Legally convicted offenders who have served their time. Jackpine Radical Jul 2012 #23

Your use of an example is what's twisted lunatica Jul 2012 #26

There are no FEMA camps. nt hack89 Jul 2012 #22

And you know this how? ananda Jul 2012 #25

Because there are no credible reports of any FEMA camps. hack89 Jul 2012 #28

dude. they're hidden by HOLOGRAMS. get with the program. dionysus Jul 2012 #36

if you are really curious here's a good link bonzotex Jul 2012 #41

And don't forget the robots. Why do the scientists even make them? n/t Ian David Jul 2012 #27

I'm glad you asked! Inkfreak Jul 2012 #35

This seemed borderline, but still thought provoking Lawlbringer Jul 2012 #30

I'ts Time, sweetapogee Jul 2012 #31

... Arkana Jul 2012 #33

Jack,did you forget to take the red pill this morning? Swede Jul 2012 #34

I can't beleive people are twisting what you say so much on the topic of sex offenders. white_wolf Jul 2012 #39

I'n not at all against commitment or protective placement in every circumstance. Jackpine Radical Jul 2012 #45

If you are Time for change Jul 2012 #42

Thanks. Your opinion has always counted for a great deal with me. Jackpine Radical Jul 2012 #46

Jackpine, never give the "sensible centrists" and "pragmatic progressives" a bye TheKentuckian Jul 2012 #47

Thanks. As I already acknowledged, the FEMA stuff was dumb of me. Jackpine Radical Jul 2012 #49