It's kind of funny. The people who created the inhumane conditions for these CRIMINALS, as you put it, are also the people largely responsible for our homeless and disenfranchised. They're the ones who insist that our national debt will KILL US IN OUR SLEEP and therefore we can't possibly afford to fix these problems. But they're also the ones who will spare no expense and make our debt grow in the name of PROTECTING OUR BORDERS in the name of terrorism and furriner's takin' our jerbs while turning a blind eye to home-grown terrorism (unless the home-grown terrorist follows a different religion).
The truth is that we can address multiple issues at once: homelessness, disenfranchisement, illegal migrants and inhumane treatment of prisoners. There is no reason why we should be treating anyone this way, except that it makes some people tingle to think that they can abuse the ones they don't like and claim a veneer of legality in the process.
We ought to be feeding our children and criminals alike. If our excuse, as the richest nation on the planet, is that it's too expensive then it suggests strongly that our priority lies more with profit motives than human empathy.
It's kind of funny. The people who created the inhumane conditions for these CRIMINALS, as you put it, are also the people largely responsible for our homeless and disenfranchised. They're the ones who insist that our national debt will KILL US IN OUR SLEEP and therefore we can't possibly afford to fix these problems. But they're also the ones who will spare no expense and make our debt grow in the name of PROTECTING OUR BORDERS in the name of terrorism and furriner's takin' our jerbs while turning a blind eye to home-grown terrorism (unless the home-grown terrorist follows a different religion).
The truth is that we can address multiple issues at once: homelessness, disenfranchisement, illegal migrants and inhumane treatment of prisoners. There is no reason why we should be treating anyone this way, except that it makes some people tingle to think that they can abuse the ones they don't like and claim a veneer of legality in the process.
We ought to be feeding our children and criminals alike. If our excuse, as the richest nation on the planet, is that it's too expensive then it suggests strongly that our priority lies more with profit motives than human empathy.