Comments on: The Prison Life

By: el coronado

el coronado — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:26:29 +0000

“Bad cops are losing their battle to do things their way”?? How ya figure? Read this blog much?

By: CyniCAl

CyniCAl — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:36:58 +0000

SJE, you are delusional. Just admit you’re wrong already.

Calling something what it is does not equal cheering for it fucktard.

By: CyniCAl

CyniCAl — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:35:41 +0000

I think rick h is a pretty cool guy, eh has zero reading comprehension and doesnt afraid of anything.

By: SJE

SJE — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:21:45 +0000

CynicAL: The consistent thread is that violence is OK against any one in law enforcement because they deserve it. Cheering thugs in prison beating up an emotionally disturbed man because his dad is in law enforcement….and you say you are not advocating violence? That’s not just advocating violence, its f*ing nuts.

Degrading your opponents, whether you think that’s right or not, is often a tactical error. Once you see the other side as enemy, it forces YOU to adopt scorched earth tactics. You rarely get what you want, because the other side will fight you all the way.

So far, the bad cops are losing their battle to do things their way, as the vast bulk of society is finally wising up to their B.S. Becoming some militia wannabee is just playing into their hands.

By: albatross

albatross — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:19:54 +0000

Sympathy fr the father is not necessarily the same as sympathy for the son. That said, it’s an outrage no matter how common it is and who it happens to. The architects of our torture policy should spend the rest of their lives in prison for it, but shouldn’t be tortured to death like the unluckiest of their victims.

By: Rick H.

Rick H. — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 09:47:12 +0000

Really? So-called anarchists are cheering for prison torture against the emotionally disturbed… because of who the guy’s father is? Whatever your political views or abstract legal theories, displaying a taste for collective punishment marks you as a fucking asshole in my book. How about we reserve our schadenfreude for actual hypocrites and evildoers, not their families.

By: el coronado

el coronado — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 07:35:00 +0000

Imply, Infer…Tomayto, Tomahto

By: el coronado

el coronado — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 07:11:59 +0000

Can’t speak for anyone else, but my utter indifference to Junior’s suffering in prison and/or Daddy the Cop’s anguish stems from just 3 little facts:
1) Had the suicide in question been just some unknown Darrel, Jose, or Rakeem with no clout/family/connections, this never would have gotten into print.
2) Dad the Cop doesn’t seem to have ever had a beef with the PA prison system *before* they started fucking with *his* son. Odd…..why might that be, I wonder?
3) Even though the article tells of prison “officials” repeatedly and purposefully endangering his son, as well as letting their resident cons know of Dad the Cop’s name/add/etc., the article seems to infer a most unusual fact: Nowhere does it mention that Daddy the Cop has quit his 6-figure job with the LEO mafia – nor has he announced he’ll be refusing his gold-plated pension when it’s due.

The system _killed his son_, and *he’s (apparently) still working for them & taking their money*. There’s a word where I come from for “men” like that. Outrage for Dad the Cop’s loss? Pity? Sympathy? I’ll pass, thanks. Fuck ‘im.

By: CyniCAl

CyniCAl — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 22:22:53 +0000

Show me one instance in this thread where someone advocated violence.

Yeah, I thought so.

As for degrading my adversaries, I’ll answer the charge. The truth is still a valid defense.

I’ll do what I want, and you do the same SJE.

By: SJE

SJE — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 22:03:16 +0000

Preaching non-violence and rule of law is entirely self interested. The problem with degrading your adversaries and advocating violence is that the cops are a step ahead: they have the guns, and are willing to use them.

By: croaker

croaker — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 19:22:22 +0000

@6 And the pigs have no one to blame but themselves.

By: picachu

picachu — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:35:49 +0000

Prisons are often the places where society’s worst most despciable inhumane monsters…find employment.

By: CyniCAl

CyniCAl — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:09:52 +0000

Been over this many times. The rule of law is a myth. Laws consist of words which must be interpreted by humans. Therefore, only humans can rule.

By: JOR

JOR — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:51:59 +0000

#6 The rule of law is dead and has been for decades (at least), so it’s a non-issue. The cops have shown how effective a tribalist/social warfare approach is to getting what they want. Enemies of the police state they’ve constructed and are constructing still are not going to beat them without adopting the same mindset.

By: JohnJ

JohnJ — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:21:16 +0000

Well, this is more evidence that death by imprisonment is the less sympathetic alternative to the death penalty. At least the death penalty has a rigorous appeals process. Those sentenced to death by imprisonment have no other way out. What a cruel punishment.

By: CyniCAl

CyniCAl — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:02:22 +0000

No, I am not calling for anything. I simply reserve my giving a shit for non-cops and their offspring. If cops want to be considered an elite class, let their own worry about them. They CERTAINLY don’t give a shit about me or mine.

You can’t force me to care.

By: SJE

SJE — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:56:10 +0000

#7: It was the CIA and senior command, going all the way the white house, who legalized torture and encouraged its use. The reservists got the blame, however.

By: johnl

johnl — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:55:02 +0000

Wasn’t it reservist corrections workers from PA who messed up Abu Graib? By running it like a PA prison?

By: SJE

SJE — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:45:46 +0000

#3 and #5: Are you calling for the rule of law and common decency to be applied equally? Are you focused on justice, or revenge? If you see all cops and their families as enemies, and deserving of no rights, you are just adopting the same twisted mindset that drives the worst parts of law enforcement.

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:38:26 +0000

Not necessarily, but there is a Schadenfreude factor to it nonetheless, no? How many of daddy’s arrestees over the years got similar treatment? And would he even give a damn?