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In reply to the discussion: Inmates cooked to death in Texas prisons [View all]pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)46. That was no attempt to "clarify"
"Get a grip" and questioning "coddling" of prisoners clearly amounted to an opposing statement.
If you want to reconsider now, that's perfectly reasonable. But don't try to reconstrue those statements as something other than what they were.
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I think he was talking about the state of Texas preventing the inmates from dying.
BlueJazz
Jul 2012
#7
You've done a superb job of outing yourself as an individual in support of classist bigotry...
Earth_First
Jul 2012
#26
Great argument--others die from other causes, so why worry about these preventable deaths?
pinboy3niner
Jul 2012
#108
Actually, the prison system has been sued because they didn't prevent a rape that resulted in AIDS.
Th1onein
Jul 2012
#149
The Prison Industrial complex now even has the help of amateur public relations experts.
Zalatix
Jul 2012
#65
People are dying of heat stroke and the best you can come up with is "deal with it"? Seriously?
Zalatix
Jul 2012
#27
So State Sen. John Whitmire is a liar and you know more than the activists who were actually there?
Zalatix
Jul 2012
#64
If a bunch of prisoners dead from heat stroke isn't a problem in your book then
Zalatix
Jul 2012
#80
The majority of the world isn't stuck inside tiny cell blocks with no airflow. n/t
pnwmom
Jul 2012
#88
I am certain that Professor Hawking would find your posts deeply offensive.
girl gone mad
Jul 2012
#142
So you think it's okay to put prisoners with those kinds of health conditions at risk?
pinboy3niner
Jul 2012
#107
No more than you are seriously suggesting that the majority of people in the world are incarcerated.
Doremus
Jul 2012
#146
You DO know that coddling and killing are the only two options here, right?
annabanana
Aug 2012
#163
We as a society can severely limit another's freedom by putting them behind bars in a small cell
pacalo
Jul 2012
#90
I'll wager that no jury will hide you, nor will our Hosts ban you from this thread
pinboy3niner
Jul 2012
#97
Thanks. When I let 'er rip, that's usually a sign to me that I need to take a break. Been
coalition_unwilling
Jul 2012
#98
I also noticed both of those with Free Republic-like opinions are gungeon dwellers
Patiod
Jul 2012
#123
jesus christ. did you live in a 8 x 8 concrete bloc too? did your parents force you to stay in
HiPointDem
Jul 2012
#95
OK. Call me a "bleeding heart liberal", but I think to keep prisoners in un-airconditioned cells
Nye Bevan
Jul 2012
#6
The temps in Sheriff Joe's tents are reported to exceed 130 degrees in Summer
pinboy3niner
Jul 2012
#32
Many of the heartless GOP officials in TX may end up in a much hotter place.
libinnyandia
Jul 2012
#20
I'm sure there'd be plenty of money if we let go all those in jail for possession
4th law of robotics
Jul 2012
#29
maybe OWS should take this on. We could take to the streets demanding air conditioning
crazyjoe
Jul 2012
#36
They don't have enough money for the A.C. AND to make a profit. That's their problem. n/t
pnwmom
Jul 2012
#87
I've never understood the mentality that says we have to treat convicted criminals like animals...
markpkessinger
Jul 2012
#147