On Seattle’s ‘progressive’ alternative to policing and prison:
You see, predatory sociopaths with histories of violence and robbery will be “liberated” by “healing circles” and “narrative storytelling.” Because, we’re assured, these things, when combined with burning sage, will “increase empathy.”
There can be no rehabilitation until punishment severe enough to get the attention of the criminal’s mind has been administered. Then and only then can rehabilitation start, and even then the chance of success is low.
True but truth is not allowed if it as it always does contradict the prevailing screed.
Once again you are ‘pre-echoing’ my thoughts; I have toyed with, over the years, the frivolous idea of allowing the perp to ‘choose’ his punishment. i.e “What’s going to make you stop?” “Is it 5 years in prison, 10, 20, or execution?”
You can’t rehabilitate a sociopath. It doesn’t matter how extreme the punishment, they will do it again as soon as they think they can get away with it. Well there is one form of rehabilitation 100% effective for recidivism. Execution.
The Beyonce of journalism? Yikes!
I liked the comment that said both rely heavily on the “Autotune” of their industries.
When you make prisons far more desirable than the streets, we have a problem of Club Fed. You see some of the most strangest Club Fed experiments that really don’t make sense considering you take away anything that has some sort of compression in cans as they can be made into a bomb and yet issue butcher knives or bring in Arctic Char fish at $5,000 a month for ceremonial feasts. But shhhhh….public is not allowed to know.
What? You don’t believe in Magic?
Social workers and councilors who think up and administer these ideas are a big part of the left’s base; Pushing this stuff forward rewards an important block of activists and voters and provides work to people who would be unemployable in any other field of endeavor.
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Walking the green mile outside the cage aint on my bucket list.
D’ya remember the MeToo movement? When women were encouraged to report and prosecute their rapists … so NO OTHER WOMEN would suffer at the hands of the perp?
Well … now … their rapists need to be … “understood” …
Time way past to take a lesson from Sonny the mob boss in “A Bronx Tale”. Whatever the dysfunctional area is, Build a fence around it, lock the gate, and say “Now youse can’t leave”.
C’mon man! Burning sage CAN cure recidivism!
A great big pile of it with the repeat offenders chained to a large tree in the middle of it…..then LIGHT EM UP!
Do it on the courthouse lawn with television cameras rolling.
Won’t have to do it more than once!
Burning salvia (synthetic marijuana) causes schizophrenia and violence … let’s hope these dopes get their burning weed sorted out
Butbutbut…Reefer Madness! Dope good!
Lord of the Flies
What could have gone wrong?
Healing circles, healing lodges, feather dances and burning sage have been and continue to be, sentencing solutions in Alberta. Initially a cultural (indigenous) practice, it has become rather commonplace, as long as there’s any trace of Indian ancestry. Looks like Portland has perfected it. After all, it has worked so well here.
None of that crap was ever “indigenous”. It was some nonsense dreamed up by a silly liberal.
Rather like Kwanzaa.
I live just North of Seattle. The crazies have been running lose for years.
My wife and I use enjoy Seattle for it’s fine places to eat and other things, but we have not been down there in 4+ years.
Too dog gone dangerous.
The people in that area put these loons in charge. Let them live with what the have done.