In a free society, there should be no laws that forbid
people from just being creeps as long as they don't
act out in ways that break other laws. There should also
be no laws that forbid others from saying "These people are
creeps." In my opinion, people who put on champagne/
caviar/fetish parties at a jail are celebrating and
eroticizing other people's misfortunes. They probably
have a legal right to do that. I think they are creeps.
You have a right to disagree.
Rosalind Nelson
Bancroft neighborhood
At 02:01 PM 6/16/01 -0700, Robert Gustafson wrote:
>I am confused by the basis of concern for the use of
>the new jail house for a fundraising party. It is a
>fundraiser. Its location can admittedly be considered
>a bit avant garde. If you disagree with it however,
>that is the beauty of America, you get to protest.
>
>As an avowed Middler, what bothers me is Rightists and
>Leftists concerns with how someone else thinks or
>acts. Even when those actions or thoughts are
>perfectly legal. In the case of the "Jail House Rock"
>or whatever they call it, there are no prisoners in
>this jail to be offended, there are no visitors of
>prisoners to wonder what is going on. What there is
>appears to be a fundraising group, who obviously like
>to find stages for their events that are slightly
>"edgy". There appears from the posts to be no victims
>of this party other than feelings, evil intentions,
>moral condemnation and in the case of Mark his health
>was temporarily affected. I do hope he is feeling
>better.
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