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Old 02-08-2010, 01:23 AM
 
Location: Y-Town Area
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The link below is a video of a British game show that
asks questions about American prisons...interesting.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8E7wgFcCefE
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Old 02-09-2010, 10:50 AM
 
Location: Michigan
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Originally Posted by Kerby W-R View Post
The link below is a video of a British game show that
asks questions about American prisons...interesting.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8E7wgFcCefE

Well, we are leaders in something.......


(Quite Interesting is a very popular UK panel show, with comedians as 'contestants', who score points, not only for correct answers, but interesting ones as well.)

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Old 04-18-2010, 07:19 AM
 
Location: Florida
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The reason why are prisons are so filled with prisoners is do the the worship of money...

There is a direct relationship between money and crime...the most money loving entrenched nation in the world, has the most crime in the world...there's a relationship there...
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Old 04-18-2010, 07:54 AM
 
Location: Flyover Country
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"No society in history has imprisoned more of its citizens than the United States of America"

Interesting. Here are some facts to back up that statement:

Number of people arrested in the U.S. in 2008 on nonviolent drug charges: 1,841,872

Number of Americans behind bars in federal, state and local prisons/jails:

2,323,000, or 1 in every 99.

http://www.drugpolicy.org

Also, look at the expressions of the panelists at 2:08-2:25

21st century slavery
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Old 04-18-2010, 09:20 AM
 
Location: Boston, MA
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Profound and borderline criminal ignorance being spewed by effete Euro-trash. Whatta shocker!
Comparing slaves to criminals? Putting forth the idea that people are receiving 50 year sentences for stealing cookies, while ignoring this person's past record? I guess they would have understood it had it been a second child molestation conviction.
All the while no one in this group of "panelists" questions the statistics.

BTW, the last time I checked, 2.3 million out of over 3 million did not equal 1%.
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Old 04-18-2010, 09:24 AM
 
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Those Brits have a great sense of humor.
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Old 04-18-2010, 09:25 AM
 
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Profound and borderline criminal ignorance being spewed by effete Euro-trash. Whatta shocker!
Comparing slaves to criminals? Putting forth the idea that people are receiving 50 year sentences for stealing cookies, while ignoring this person's past record? I guess they would have understood it had it been a second child molestation conviction.
All the while no one in this group of "panelists" questions the statistics.

BTW, the last time I checked, 2.3 million out of over 3 million did not equal 1%.
One-percent of adults.
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Old 04-18-2010, 11:37 AM
 
Location: between Ath,GR & Mia,FL...
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The..."Brits"...

English who enslaved Scots,Welsh,Irish ,half of the world & tried to enslave Americans too,in the past,
good for licking the.... of a dwarf ,voted by noone,posing as a "queen" , today...

Who regard the gun as bad & the murderers as good people,victims of society,to be corrected in..."correctional facilities"...

As a matter of principle,we shouldn't even start a conversation with that kind of people...
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Old 04-18-2010, 11:41 AM
 
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Profound and borderline criminal ignorance being spewed by effete Euro-trash. Whatta shocker!
Comparing slaves to criminals? Putting forth the idea that people are receiving 50 year sentences for stealing cookies, while ignoring this person's past record? I guess they would have understood it had it been a second child molestation conviction.
All the while no one in this group of "panelists" questions the statistics.

BTW, the last time I checked, 2.3 million out of over 3 million did not equal 1%.
Hate to inform you, but there are lots of Americans who object to our incredible incarceration rate as well, and for good reason.
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