Comments on: Teach Your Children Well http://www.stinque.com/2009/04/22/teach-your-children-well/ If it smells, we're on it. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:45:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Pedonator http://www.stinque.com/2009/04/22/teach-your-children-well/#comment-32396 Pedonator Thu, 23 Apr 2009 05:55:38 +0000 http://www.stinque.com/?p=7582#comment-32396 @<a href="#comment-32365" rel="nofollow">SanFranLefty</a>: Our prison industry has way too much sway. And the whole "three-strikes-you're-out" mentality is tragic. Just the fact that we imprison more of our population than even China <i>should</i> be a cause for concern. The racial bigotry inherent in the rates of arrests and sentencing is just icing on the cake of injustice. @SanFranLefty: Our prison industry has way too much sway. And the whole “three-strikes-you’re-out” mentality is tragic.

Just the fact that we imprison more of our population than even China should be a cause for concern.

The racial bigotry inherent in the rates of arrests and sentencing is just icing on the cake of injustice.

]]> By: Mistress Cynica http://www.stinque.com/2009/04/22/teach-your-children-well/#comment-32377 Mistress Cynica Thu, 23 Apr 2009 01:48:29 +0000 http://www.stinque.com/?p=7582#comment-32377 @<a href="#comment-32352" rel="nofollow">flippin eck</a>: I was a little concerned about them. They looked fat and sleek and cared for, but I personally found it irresponsible to leave such defenseless creatures in an unsecure area all alone. @flippin eck: I was a little concerned about them. They looked fat and sleek and cared for, but I personally found it irresponsible to leave such defenseless creatures in an unsecure area all alone.

]]> By: SanFranLefty http://www.stinque.com/2009/04/22/teach-your-children-well/#comment-32365 SanFranLefty Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:47:29 +0000 http://www.stinque.com/?p=7582#comment-32365 @<a href="#comment-32309" rel="nofollow">Prommie</a>: <i>"We are habituating young people, indoctrinating them, into a militarized police state society, with lockdowns, random drug tests, strip searches, dogs, armed policemen in the halls, metal detectors."</i> Yes we are. <a href="http://www.hrw.org/en/reports/2008/05/01/executive-summary-rest-their-lives" rel="nofollow">Did you know that the U.S. is the only country that sentences juveniles to life without parole?</a> That there are 2,500 people locked up in the United States for the rest of their lives for crimes they committed as juveniles, some as young as 11 or 12? That many of these people were convicted on felony murder charges? (For the non-attorneys: that's when a murder occurs in the commission of a felony - so these kids aren't the ones pulling the trigger during the robbery - or even more insane, they're getting the sentence when the cops kill their buddies). Oh, and that the racial disparity of juvenile life without parole sentences is 10 black kids for every 1 white kid. Some states it's 20:1. @<a href="#comment-32344" rel="nofollow">Jamie Sommers</a>: And you know what they did at my school when a couple kids got in a fight? Call the parents, and send them home for a couple of days. And the funny thing is? In the '90s, when all the tough-on-kids "OMFG we have juvenile superpredators" legislation was passed around the country, the juvenile crime rate dropped. And every juvenile public defender and a lot of juvenile DAs have told me that if these same "Zero Tolerance" tough-on-kids policies were in place in the '70s or '80s, we'd all be labeled as delinquents. I've heard of schools reporting kids for assault for throwing a wadded up paper ball at another kid. @Prommie: “We are habituating young people, indoctrinating them, into a militarized police state society, with lockdowns, random drug tests, strip searches, dogs, armed policemen in the halls, metal detectors.”

Yes we are. Did you know that the U.S. is the only country that sentences juveniles to life without parole? That there are 2,500 people locked up in the United States for the rest of their lives for crimes they committed as juveniles, some as young as 11 or 12? That many of these people were convicted on felony murder charges? (For the non-attorneys: that’s when a murder occurs in the commission of a felony – so these kids aren’t the ones pulling the trigger during the robbery – or even more insane, they’re getting the sentence when the cops kill their buddies). Oh, and that the racial disparity of juvenile life without parole sentences is 10 black kids for every 1 white kid. Some states it’s 20:1.

@Jamie Sommers: And you know what they did at my school when a couple kids got in a fight? Call the parents, and send them home for a couple of days. And the funny thing is? In the ’90s, when all the tough-on-kids “OMFG we have juvenile superpredators” legislation was passed around the country, the juvenile crime rate dropped. And every juvenile public defender and a lot of juvenile DAs have told me that if these same “Zero Tolerance” tough-on-kids policies were in place in the ’70s or ’80s, we’d all be labeled as delinquents. I’ve heard of schools reporting kids for assault for throwing a wadded up paper ball at another kid.

]]> By: flippin eck http://www.stinque.com/2009/04/22/teach-your-children-well/#comment-32352 flippin eck Wed, 22 Apr 2009 23:23:20 +0000 http://www.stinque.com/?p=7582#comment-32352 @<a href="#comment-32345" rel="nofollow">Jamie Sommers</a>: If it isn't, they've fooled even the <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8004122.stm" rel="nofollow">Great Beeb</a>! @<a href="#comment-32347" rel="nofollow">Mistress Cynica</a>: Fresh dandelions are definitely near the top of bunnies' treat list! But if the bunnies were unattended, they may have been pets who were dumped outside, which is not a good thing for them. If you go down that street again and see them out and about without a human slave nearby, you may want to alert <a href="http://www.adoptarabbit.com/" rel="nofollow">these guys</a>. Pet rabbits are not equipped to make it in the wild and can starve or be killed. @Jamie Sommers: If it isn’t, they’ve fooled even the Great Beeb!

@Mistress Cynica: Fresh dandelions are definitely near the top of bunnies’ treat list! But if the bunnies were unattended, they may have been pets who were dumped outside, which is not a good thing for them. If you go down that street again and see them out and about without a human slave nearby, you may want to alert these guys. Pet rabbits are not equipped to make it in the wild and can starve or be killed.

]]> By: Mistress Cynica http://www.stinque.com/2009/04/22/teach-your-children-well/#comment-32347 Mistress Cynica Wed, 22 Apr 2009 22:38:14 +0000 http://www.stinque.com/?p=7582#comment-32347 @<a href="#comment-32306" rel="nofollow">flippin eck</a>: Speaking of furry babies, I thought of you last evening when I was taking a walk in my neightborhood. Two big, beautiful (obviously pet) rabbits (one white with black spont, the other with coloring like a Siamese cat, if that makes sense) were out playing--unsupervised--in front of one house, nibbling on dandelion greens. They looked very happy. @flippin eck: Speaking of furry babies, I thought of you last evening when I was taking a walk in my neightborhood. Two big, beautiful (obviously pet) rabbits (one white with black spont, the other with coloring like a Siamese cat, if that makes sense) were out playing–unsupervised–in front of one house, nibbling on dandelion greens. They looked very happy.

]]> By: Jamie Sommers http://www.stinque.com/2009/04/22/teach-your-children-well/#comment-32345 Jamie Sommers Wed, 22 Apr 2009 22:30:25 +0000 http://www.stinque.com/?p=7582#comment-32345 @<a href="#comment-32306" rel="nofollow">flippin eck</a>: Is this for real? @flippin eck: Is this for real?

]]> By: Jamie Sommers http://www.stinque.com/2009/04/22/teach-your-children-well/#comment-32344 Jamie Sommers Wed, 22 Apr 2009 22:29:03 +0000 http://www.stinque.com/?p=7582#comment-32344 @<a href="#comment-32289" rel="nofollow">SanFranLefty</a>: You know what happened to kids at my school if we got fingered for doing something like that but the principal couldn't find telltale evidence in our locker? WE GOT SENT THE FUCK HOME THAT DAY! How did this simple little idea not cross anyone's mind? @SanFranLefty: You know what happened to kids at my school if we got fingered for doing something like that but the principal couldn’t find telltale evidence in our locker?

WE GOT SENT THE FUCK HOME THAT DAY!

How did this simple little idea not cross anyone’s mind?

]]> By: Tommmcatt the Wet Sprocket http://www.stinque.com/2009/04/22/teach-your-children-well/#comment-32317 Tommmcatt the Wet Sprocket Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:14:14 +0000 http://www.stinque.com/?p=7582#comment-32317 @<a href="#comment-32315" rel="nofollow">Mistress Cynica</a>: Lotsa suicides in interesting places of late. I see the sinister hand of the shadow government, but, you know, I am a loony toon... @Mistress Cynica:

Lotsa suicides in interesting places of late. I see the sinister hand of the shadow government, but, you know, I am a loony toon…

]]> By: Prommie http://www.stinque.com/2009/04/22/teach-your-children-well/#comment-32316 Prommie Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:10:31 +0000 http://www.stinque.com/?p=7582#comment-32316 @<a href="#comment-32315" rel="nofollow">Mistress Cynica</a>: Only been there 6 months. May not have been used to the virulence of press attention and criticism, he's been under attack for his bonus. @Mistress Cynica: Only been there 6 months. May not have been used to the virulence of press attention and criticism, he’s been under attack for his bonus.

]]> By: Mistress Cynica http://www.stinque.com/2009/04/22/teach-your-children-well/#comment-32315 Mistress Cynica Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:58:30 +0000 http://www.stinque.com/?p=7582#comment-32315 TJ: the <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8012527.stm" rel="nofollow">Beeb</a> is reporting that the CFO of Freddie Mac has killed himself. TJ: the Beeb is reporting that the CFO of Freddie Mac has killed himself.

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