Comments on: What is a criminal?

By: david

david — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 20:09:48 +0000

@skibees & VJK:
No, this doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t enforce the laws or that all people who have broken the law have equal rights. Surely murder is more severe than breaking and entering, as b&e is more severe than speeding. I don’t think we shouldn’t have and enforce laws.

What this post is about is the fact that someone is not instantly and drastically different from me simply because they’ve been accused of or convicted of breaking a law.

By: VJK

VJK — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:12:13 +0000

The 100% compliance argument is specious, a straw man constructed to make a point. We all agree the there are different levels of laws. That is why there are different punishments for different offenses. Speeding may get you a ticket; murder may get you executed, especially in the South, just like I like it Illegal aliens are just that, people who immigrated illegally; they have committed a crime, they are criminals. When I speed in my car I am committing a crime therefore I am a criminal. When I stop speeding I stop being a criminal. If an illegal alien ever decides to clean up the mess in his (or her) own country, and goes back, they will stop being criminals.

Sir, I say this as nicely as is humanly possibly, you are a fool blinded by your own hatred of yourself and the country you live in.

VJK

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By: skibees

skibees — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 18:24:35 +0000

I’m just curious…

Does this attitude mean that if someone broke into your house and decided to live there, you attitude would be “well, they have as much right to be here as I do?”

By: Mitch

Mitch — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 02:39:12 +0000

I’m so pleased you stopped by my photoblog and left a comment. I’ve been reading a handful of your posts. May I first say that your writing style is exceptional. I must admit I’m envious. I particularly appreciated this post. Yes, it blew my mind. I like when that happens. I want to, if I may, tell others about your blog because I thoroughly appreciate the topics and style in which you present those issues we could stand to spend more time reflecting upon.

By: Leslie

Leslie — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 20:04:11 +0000

Wonderful post. I recently had my mind blown with this little bit of info. The wording of this is what did the job on my mind…
Amendment 13 to the Constitution. Abolition of Slavery, Section 1.
“Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, EXCEPT AS A PUNISHMENT FOR CRIME WHEREOF THE PARTY SHALL HAVE BEEN DULY CONVICTED, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.”
So does that mean, if I read it correctly, that convicted persons are slaves?
And then there is the question of “privitization” of the prison system. Prison for profit?
I feel a blown mind coming on, or is that a migraine?