The truth about "the system" you're about to get..

[F1Fever]

'If America is Land of the Free and considered to be the greatest free society in the world, how and why does it contain the highest per capita inmate (non-free) population of any country in the world?"

One of the things that makes it great is excluding the the destructive people from being among us, in the end it makes the country more productive becuase the cost of the destruction they would otherwise cause is far higher than the cost of imprisoning them.

so then you are actually a socialist at heart? b/c that SURE sounds like socialism to me....

[SchmidtMotorWorks]

and i do not know why the stats are misleading... oh do tell....

Two main issues.

The crime that drug addicts do before being caught for drugs.
Plea bargains. The crimes they are imprisoned for are often not representitive of the crime they commit.

[SchmidtMotorWorks]

so then you are actually a socialist at heart? b/c that SURE sounds like socialism to me....

Sorry I don't understand you at all, Are you saying that putting criminals in prison is socialism?

[SchmidtMotorWorks]

SchmidtMotorWorks wrote:
Let's just cut to the bottom line, what is it you are proposing?

It seems like you are argueing that if we didn't put people in prison we would have less crime, is that really what you are saying?

BTW, those stats about people imprisoned for drugs are misleading, I'm curious, before I tell you why, do you know why?

F1 Wrote:the same basic thing you proposed in another thread....

F1, if you think I wrote that, you misunderstood me, imagine that.

[Brian S]

Two main issues.

The crime that drug addicts do before being caught for drugs.
Plea bargains. The crimes they are imprisoned for are often not representitive of the crime they commit.

Exactly.

I had a liberal teacher (a likely pothead) try to tell me almost everyone was in jail because of substance abuse or drug possession. I explained how plea bargains work and he looked at me like he had no clue.