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To: alanrs who wrote (365644)5/22/2010 10:20:25 PM
From: LindyBill  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793955
 
Other things come to mind,

I am becoming fonder of my "exile" idea.



To: alanrs who wrote (365644)5/22/2010 10:36:46 PM
From: arno  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793955
 
Doesn't eliminate contact with the guards.

it does if they're locked up

Still, if we expand the slave labor aspect of prison, even the economic waste objection could be overcome.

Just WTF are you babbling about?

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To: alanrs who wrote (365644)5/22/2010 10:55:19 PM
From: skinowski2 Recommendations  Respond to of 793955
 
Stalin did it, why should we presume to be better than Stalin, cultural relativism being all the rage.

LOL! That's right, there are pluses and minuses in every political order, and in every ideology, and we can't presume our culture to be superior to any other. Besides, it is well known that Uncle Joe was very much beloved by his people - which explains the fact that his job approval rating was always 100%.