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davidn3600

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4. And Americans love their prisons

Reply to MrScorpio (Original post)

Thu Dec 4, 2014, 04:58 PM

Dec 2014

That show "Lockup" on MSNBC gets very high ratings.

We're a diseased culture that views justice as revenge and enjoys seeing people suffer. Most Americans have no problem with the death penalty even though practically all the modern civilized democracies of the western world have banned it. Most Americans have absolutely no problem with torture. Americans don't have any problems with Gitmo. Most Americans relish in the fact people are raped in prison and regularly joke about it. And we constantly elect politicians and prosecutors and sheriffs who say they will tough on criminals and push for longer and longer prison terms.

And yet despite all this, most Americans think the USA is a leader in human rights in the world.

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We're Number One! [View all] MrScorpio Dec 2014 OP

But we have more stuff to steal, so we have more criminals... TerrapinFlyer Dec 2014 #1

...and America only has 5% of the world's population Cali_Democrat Dec 2014 #2

We are indeed number one Gothmog Dec 2014 #3

And Americans love their prisons davidn3600 Dec 2014 #4