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Ol’ Qwerty Bastard 09-23-2017 02:10 PM

until private prisons are eliminated there will always be an issue in the US

djchameleon 09-23-2017 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Qwertyy (Post 1876451)
until private prisons are eliminated there will always be an issue in the US

This pretty much. Profits keeps the prison system the way it currently is in the US.


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Originally Posted by Trollheart (Post 1876436)
I dunno about the US or other countries, but here in Ireland prison is a ****ing joke. Sky TV, computers, regular visits, good meals, the whole bit. Why would you not want to go back when you get out? If they made (and I realise this is a controversial opinion, but **** it) jail a tougher, less bearable experience maybe people would be less eager to risk going back to it? It's hardly a deterrent as it is. Plus you have the gangs running things anyway so it must be hard to try to go straight after you get out.

Prison as a deterrent doesn't really work though. I think it is Norway or Finland that has excellent rehabilitation programs and their rate of prisoners returning is extremely low.

Trollheart 09-23-2017 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor (Post 1876457)
pretty sick we lock someone up for non-violent drug offenses and churn out someone violent

Again with the drug offences. :rolleyes:

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard 09-23-2017 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor (Post 1876457)
pretty sick we lock someone up for non-violent drug offenses and churn out someone violent

preach

OccultHawk 09-23-2017 03:28 PM

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ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Organizers have stripped Miss Turkey 2017 of her crown over a social media posting that was deemed insulting to the memory of the 250 people killed while opposing last year's failed military coup.

Miss Turkey organizers said the 18-year-old Itir Esen was dethroned on Friday, a day after she won the contest and the right to represent Turkey at the Miss World contest in China. The organizers said in an emailed statement that her title was revoked because of a tweet in July that they described as "unacceptable."

Runner-up Asli Sumen will now represent Turkey in China.

Media reports said Esen, a model and university student, caused a storm on social media after she posted a remark on Twitter as the country held memorials for the victims on the first anniversary of the July 15, 2016 coup attempt.

According to Sozcu newspaper and other media the tweet, which has since been erased, said: "I got my period on the morning of the July 15 martyrs' day. I'm marking the day by bleeding as a representation of the martyrs' blood."
Holy ****ing Christ that's ****ing Sexy

Cuthbert 09-23-2017 05:01 PM

Five injured in east London 'acid attack' - BBC News

Another acid attack.

Trollheart 09-23-2017 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Man like Monkey (Post 1876491)

Sorry. Don't mean to be flippant but "There was a West Ham match today"??? :laughing:

Cuthbert 09-23-2017 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart (Post 1876499)
Sorry. Don't mean to be flippant but "There was a West Ham match today"??? :laughing:

You mean it just reads funny?

I'd like to know what goes through these guys heads when they throw acid into someone's face. I can understand wanting to punch someone or hit them with a weapon but acid in the face? Horrendous.

Trollheart 09-23-2017 07:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Man like Monkey (Post 1876506)
You mean it just reads funny?

I'd like to know what goes through these guys heads when they throw acid into someone's face. I can understand wanting to punch someone or hit them with a weapon but acid in the face? Horrendous.

No of course it's ****ing horrible. I just mean yer man's comment, that he heard the commotion but thought "Oh yeah: West Ham are playing". The justification for not really thinking about it came across as mildly funny to me.

OccultHawk 09-23-2017 10:29 PM

What this phenomenon needs is a catchy name and it just so happens I thought of one:



Acid Slaps


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