Comments on: American once placed in solitary confinement in Iran explores solitary confinement in US prisons http://boingboing.net/2012/10/18/american-once-placed-in-solita.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 16:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: imag http://boingboing.net/2012/10/18/american-once-placed-in-solita.html#comment-1562326 imag Mon, 22 Oct 2012 16:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188276#comment-1562326 It is worth reading the article.  The video doesn't do it justice. This is absolutely disgusting.  The prison situation in the US is beyond horrifying.  How can we all live with this? I am writing my elected leaders.  If anyone has other ideas, please post them. It is worth reading the article.  The video doesn’t do it justice.

This is absolutely disgusting.  The prison situation in the US is beyond horrifying.  How can we all live with this?

I am writing my elected leaders.  If anyone has other ideas, please post them.

]]> By: Michelle Moore http://boingboing.net/2012/10/18/american-once-placed-in-solita.html#comment-1561089 Michelle Moore Sat, 20 Oct 2012 02:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188276#comment-1561089 Some guys there are truly guilty. Some are possibly not. I surely would not want the job of knowing for sure who is and who isn't. It is something that our country is looking more into day by day however (on a brighter note). And individuals CAN make a difference. Check out "Injustice Anywhere"...it's got some good info. Some good change HAS happened and will continue to do so as long as people do something, anything... Some guys there are truly guilty. Some are possibly not. I surely would not want the job of knowing for sure who is and who isn’t. It is something that our country is looking more into day by day however (on a brighter note). And individuals CAN make a difference. Check out “Injustice Anywhere”…it’s got some good info. Some good change HAS happened and will continue to do so as long as people do something, anything…

]]> By: lafave http://boingboing.net/2012/10/18/american-once-placed-in-solita.html#comment-1559514 lafave Thu, 18 Oct 2012 19:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188276#comment-1559514  do as we say and not as we do - that's the American way!  do as we say and not as we do – that’s the American way!

]]> By: lafave http://boingboing.net/2012/10/18/american-once-placed-in-solita.html#comment-1559512 lafave Thu, 18 Oct 2012 19:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188276#comment-1559512  maybe they were juggalos  maybe they were juggalos

]]> By: Boundegar http://boingboing.net/2012/10/18/american-once-placed-in-solita.html#comment-1559504 Boundegar Thu, 18 Oct 2012 18:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188276#comment-1559504 Makes you wonder how they're defining "gang."  If reading Machiavelli is evidence then I am guilty. Makes you wonder how they’re defining “gang.”  If reading Machiavelli is evidence then I am guilty.

]]> By: Nathan Hornby http://boingboing.net/2012/10/18/american-once-placed-in-solita.html#comment-1559441 Nathan Hornby Thu, 18 Oct 2012 18:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188276#comment-1559441 Oh I know, don't even get me started on the reasons they were in there, that's almost more troubling than the punishment itself. Oh I know, don’t even get me started on the reasons they were in there, that’s almost more troubling than the punishment itself.

]]> By: Dv Revolutionary http://boingboing.net/2012/10/18/american-once-placed-in-solita.html#comment-1559412 Dv Revolutionary Thu, 18 Oct 2012 17:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188276#comment-1559412 We jaw about rights but we fundamentally don't believe in them. Rights are conflated with privileges. The wealthy have a full set and you can not take that away. The well off enough try to assume some rights as well. Someone homeless or in prison - they don't have rights in America. If they breathe or use the restroom they are said to have given up their rights. If they are ever legally or verbally acknowledged to actually have rights the system has de-facto managed to fully circumvent any such rights. What got these guys in solitary in this video? Left wing literature? Possessing writings about prisoner's rights? Smell the freedom. We jaw about rights but we fundamentally don’t believe in them. Rights are conflated with privileges. The wealthy have a full set and you can not take that away. The well off enough try to assume some rights as well. Someone homeless or in prison - they don’t have rights in America. If they breathe or use the restroom they are said to have given up their rights. If they are ever legally or verbally acknowledged to actually have rights the system has de-facto managed to fully circumvent any such rights.

What got these guys in solitary in this video? Left wing literature? Possessing writings about prisoner’s rights? Smell the freedom.

]]> By: Nathan Hornby http://boingboing.net/2012/10/18/american-once-placed-in-solita.html#comment-1559350 Nathan Hornby Thu, 18 Oct 2012 17:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=188276#comment-1559350 Great video - really interesting stuff. Frankly I find it hard to believe that this is even possible in a country so concerned with rights. Especially as the UN defines this as torture - why aren't they intervening? Grow a backbone already for crying out loud. Great video – really interesting stuff.

Frankly I find it hard to believe that this is even possible in a country so concerned with rights. Especially as the UN defines this as torture – why aren’t they intervening? Grow a backbone already for crying out loud.

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