The UK may not as bad, but objectively, the US is the world leader in repression as evidenced by the US incarceration rate. Note I'm not arguing whether such is repression is right or wrong, nor am I presenting causal factors; I am merely stating that we imprison more people here than anywhere else in the world.
"Criminal justice experts from the U.S. Justice Department report that the United States has the largest prison population and highest incarceration rate in the world due to factors such as tough sentencing laws, record drug offender arrests and high crime rates. A report released by the justice department on Nov. 30 reported 1 in every 32 American adults -- or a record 7 million people -- were incarcerated, on probation or on parole at the end of 2005, with 2.2 million of them in prison or jail. The International Center for Prison Studies at King's College, London reported that this number was the highest of any country, with China ranking second with 1.5 million prisoners, and Russia sitting in third with 870,000. The United States also has the highest incarceration rate at 737 per 100,000 people, compared to nearest country Russia's 611 per 100,000 and St. Kitts and Nevis' 547. " ~David On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 11:14 AM, Martin Dust <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 8 Sep 2009, at 16:20, David Powers wrote: > >> I would argue that the USA and UK have regimes that are just as bad as >> China. > > And you'd be wrong but do you really believe that David? > >> By your logic DJ's shouldn't play at all! > > Most shouldn't anyway ;) > > m > >
