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<DIV>Jeanene, when people tell me "that's your opinion" I respond "which is the
only opinion that comes out of my mouth." I have no reason to argue for anyone
else's. It doesn't mean I am necessarily right, but until someone convinces me
otherwise, I think I am, and I don't have to speak for anyone else's view. You
do a perfectly passionate job of representing your own thoughts. (John puts it
rather well -- I read that after I started writing this. Yes, seeming to have
knowledge sometimes does degenerate into arrogance.)</DIV>
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<DIV>OK, your brother is in the Maricopa County jail. That does tell me
something new. Now, without intending any sarcasm, taking you at your word, that
means you believe all the measures Arpaio has implemented are appropriate
treatment for your brother, or they are exactly what he deserves, and you are
proud to have a sheriff who treats him that way. It is not, as I had thought,
that you are happy to see strangers you never met treated that way. I don't know
your brother, so I can't argue with that. Maybe you even love him dearly and
truly believe that this treatment is going to make him a better human being and
a better family member. Maybe it will. Maybe he will even come home and say it
did. That would be the most powerful evidence of all.</DIV>
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<DIV>Most people I know and love, and many other people I have met and have some
friendship or respect for, if they had committed a misdemeanor and were in jail,
would do better with a different course of treatment, and in my opinion, deserve
somewhat more respect than what the regimen we have been discussing seems to
provide. Ditto for people I know who <EM>have</EM> been in jail or prison, or
<EM>are</EM> in jail or prison, or people I know who have family members locked
up. There are some awfully nice people in prison or in jail, mostly they do
learn something from the experience, depending on what the experience is, and
often, it was an unfortunate incident in a worthwhile life that put them there.
There are also incorrigibles, but after 20 years or so, they can improve
enormously too -- depending on how they are treated.</DIV>
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<DIV>I remember a woman in New York who was exonerated of a murder charge after
17 years in prison -- but she said the FIRST 6 years DID save her from a life of
drugs and prostitution.</DIV>
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<DIV>Siarlys</DIV>
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<DIV>P.S. I was Voltaire who said "I may not agree with what you say, but I will
defend to the death your right to say it."</DIV>
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