I know police beatings like the one Rodney King (another pillar of society) received are illegal so my hopes for him receiving one, by the police, are dashed. I can only hope he gets into the "general population" in a lovely facility like San Quentin where he can enjoy the days, and especially the nights, with his peers. I don't care how he got to be what he is. If he is smart enough to figure out how to fly an airplane, he should be smart enough to figure out right and wrong, the basic rules of society which includes respect for other people and their property. I think that by the time he is released from prison, it will physiologically impossible for his farts to be audible. Good!
i wonder how many of those people who think that being brutalised in this way is part of the sentence, have ever considered what that says about their attitudes to sexual assault in general. to think that to some people, rape could ever be justified, or that someone’s right to be safe from it could be taken away, is a horrible position to come from.
I think it's ridiculous and unforgivable that he was not removed from the custody of his "mother." What kind of parent lets her 8-year-old start fending for himself for days or weeks at a time? What kind of parent looks to cash in on her own neglect? He's a credit to himself...he turned out a better person than I would have imagined given his history.
I know police beatings like the one Rodney King (another pillar of society) received are illegal so my hopes for him receiving one, by the police, are dashed. I can only hope he gets into the "general population" in a lovely facility like San Quentin where he can enjoy the days, and especially the nights, with his peers. I don't care how he got to be what he is. If he is smart enough to figure out how to fly an airplane, he should be smart enough to figure out right and wrong, the basic rules of society which includes respect for other people and their property. I think that by the time he is released from prison, it will physiologically impossible for his farts to be audible. Good!
i wonder how many of those people who think that being brutalised in this way is part of the sentence, have ever considered what that says about their attitudes to sexual assault in general. to think that to some people, rape could ever be justified, or that someone’s right to be safe from it could be taken away, is a horrible position to come from.
I watched several documentaries on life in prison. It would be bad enough if a person was simply locked up for an extended amount of time. But it isn't just that. There are areas where every race stakes claim to, they make weapons out of anything, there are gangs, it's plain dangerous. I have 2 fears. One is being out on my boat in the ocean and being caught in a thunderstorm and struck by lightning. The other is being in a prizon, such as San Quentin, and brutalized by the other prisoners. Yet, when I see who this guy is, what he's done, how many people he has stolen from, the lives he's affected, my instantaneous thought is that he ought to be put out there in the general prison yard. Part of me thinks of "rehabilitation"; would he just learn better skills from the other criminals? Or would his experience be so horrific that he would be scared straight and never commit another crime? Time will tell. But to glorify his actions and commend him? Pretty easy from an armchair withoug giving too much thought to the issue. When it happens to you and something of yours gets stolen, you get injured? I don't think that should be glorified. Funny how pirates at Disneyland are glorified, huh? But what about the Somali pirates? Should they be glorified? What if they take a cruise ship and hurt a bunch of people? Would you be cheering? This guy, the barefoot bandit, is nothing more than a Somali pirate. This guy is worse. He doesn't come from the systemic despair of a country like Somalia. He's just another piece of ammo for the people who think potential parents should pass a parenting test before conceiving.
Up here so high I start to shake, Up here so high the sky I scrape, I've no fear but for falling down, So look out below I am falling now, Falling down,...not staying down, Could’ve held me up, rather tear me down, Drown in the river
I know police beatings like the one Rodney King (another pillar of society) received are illegal so my hopes for him receiving one, by the police, are dashed. I can only hope he gets into the "general population" in a lovely facility like San Quentin where he can enjoy the days, and especially the nights, with his peers. I don't care how he got to be what he is. If he is smart enough to figure out how to fly an airplane, he should be smart enough to figure out right and wrong, the basic rules of society which includes respect for other people and their property. I think that by the time he is released from prison, it will physiologically impossible for his farts to be audible. Good!
i wonder how many of those people who think that being brutalised in this way is part of the sentence, have ever considered what that says about their attitudes to sexual assault in general. to think that to some people, rape could ever be justified, or that someone’s right to be safe from it could be taken away, is a horrible position to come from.
I watched several documentaries on life in prison. It would be bad enough if a person was simply locked up for an extended amount of time. But it isn't just that. There are areas where every race stakes claim to, they make weapons out of anything, there are gangs, it's plain dangerous. I have 2 fears. One is being out on my boat in the ocean and being caught in a thunderstorm and struck by lightning. The other is being in a prizon, such as San Quentin, and brutalized by the other prisoners. Yet, when I see who this guy is, what he's done, how many people he has stolen from, the lives he's affected, my instantaneous thought is that he ought to be put out there in the general prison yard. Part of me thinks of "rehabilitation"; would he just learn better skills from the other criminals? Or would his experience be so horrific that he would be scared straight and never commit another crime? Time will tell. But to glorify his actions and commend him? Pretty easy from an armchair withoug giving too much thought to the issue. When it happens to you and something of yours gets stolen, you get injured? I don't think that should be glorified. Funny how pirates at Disneyland are glorified, huh? But what about the Somali pirates? Should they be glorified? What if they take a cruise ship and hurt a bunch of people? Would you be cheering? This guy, the barefoot bandit, is nothing more than a Somali pirate. This guy is worse. He doesn't come from the systemic despair of a country like Somalia. He's just another piece of ammo for the people who think potential parents should pass a parenting test before conceiving.
why did you quote me and then talk of armchair cheering? i'm not armchair cheering. the only comment i have had in this thread is to express my disgust about you advocating sexual assault on the person being discussed.
why did you quote me and then talk of armchair cheering? i'm not armchair cheering. the only comment i have had in this thread is to express my disgust about you advocating sexual assault on the person being discussed.
I have nothing against you. The sexual assault comment was a metaphor for the scary prison environment as a whole. It is a commonly used metaphor. People like this guy drive me to comment as I did in my 1st and 2nd posts. I can't believe people are actually praising him like what he did was ok or something. I think he should be in the general prison yard and everything that comes with that.
Up here so high I start to shake, Up here so high the sky I scrape, I've no fear but for falling down, So look out below I am falling now, Falling down,...not staying down, Could’ve held me up, rather tear me down, Drown in the river
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I watched several documentaries on life in prison. It would be bad enough if a person was simply locked up for an extended amount of time. But it isn't just that. There are areas where every race stakes claim to, they make weapons out of anything, there are gangs, it's plain dangerous. I have 2 fears. One is being out on my boat in the ocean and being caught in a thunderstorm and struck by lightning. The other is being in a prizon, such as San Quentin, and brutalized by the other prisoners. Yet, when I see who this guy is, what he's done, how many people he has stolen from, the lives he's affected, my instantaneous thought is that he ought to be put out there in the general prison yard. Part of me thinks of "rehabilitation"; would he just learn better skills from the other criminals? Or would his experience be so horrific that he would be scared straight and never commit another crime? Time will tell. But to glorify his actions and commend him? Pretty easy from an armchair withoug giving too much thought to the issue. When it happens to you and something of yours gets stolen, you get injured? I don't think that should be glorified. Funny how pirates at Disneyland are glorified, huh? But what about the Somali pirates? Should they be glorified? What if they take a cruise ship and hurt a bunch of people? Would you be cheering? This guy, the barefoot bandit, is nothing more than a Somali pirate. This guy is worse. He doesn't come from the systemic despair of a country like Somalia. He's just another piece of ammo for the people who think potential parents should pass a parenting test before conceiving.
I have nothing against you. The sexual assault comment was a metaphor for the scary prison environment as a whole. It is a commonly used metaphor. People like this guy drive me to comment as I did in my 1st and 2nd posts. I can't believe people are actually praising him like what he did was ok or something. I think he should be in the general prison yard and everything that comes with that.