On 3/21/08, Robert Naiman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nope. I sure don't. > > And even if I did, somehow other countries manage to survive without > doing this, at least not on the same scale, and I don't see their > governments collapsing. If we could get down to say, British or > Canadian incarceration rates, that would be a big step forward.
I meant useful to the state (not to folks) and to perpetuating the distinctive kind of "national security" regime that prevails in the USA. Sure, Canada and the UK have lower incarceration rates but how many overseas military garrisons do they maintain? Perhaps I could sum up my point with the slogan: "occupation begins at home". -- Sandwichman _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
