Reno wrote:*sigh* No, Silver, one girl dying was not something I found to be very humourous... What I was saying was that it's rather amusing, (in a sad, sarcastic way) that many people get so riled about this when so many more horrible things are going on around the world that doesn't get a chance to grace their local news, which means that they'll likely move about in life completely oblivious to it. Who knows? Maybe they wouldn't even care if they did know; it's not like it's happening within their own country.
Reno, you may be right about it, but I think the average person today knows more about what goes on in their own neighborhoods and also in the world as a whole because of so much news coverage available today in many various sources, aka Newspapers, TV, Radio, etc., and I think people care - it's just that they may not always know what "they" can do to help or improve, or try to change a bad situation, etc. I've heard stories of various people doing things they can to help people in various situations not only in their home countries but in other foreign countries as well. For those that do, though, there are probably more that don't, or won't for whatever reason.
Reno wrote:*heavy sigh* and while I'm at it...
No, I'm not very fond of the prisons and how they operate. It's an undeniable fact that prisons are indeed designed to do what I listed. You're isolated from society in a state-controlled environment where every influence that surrounds you is of the state's choosing. You're forced to wear uniforms and to keep hair a certain length, both are necessary to breaking down the individual person that improper social training has made a criminal out of, and get to the core of the human, that is, a child-like state. One that is easily influenced by what is presented to them. One that will, again, through isolation, be stripped of the 'bad' influences and exposed to only that which the state views as proper, will be reeducated into behaving however the state feels they should! To deny this... ugh! How can you! Or did you? I don't know, you didn't really say, but I'm reasonably certain that we completely disagree about everything else, so I'm just assuming you think differently for now.
I don't believe it'll be necessary, but just as a precaution... I apologise if I'm mistaken.
Prison is a bad place, no matter how you look at it. And, those that are there are there for a reason too - so until the system comes up with something else, this is all we have. The only way not to take part is to make sure you don't do anything to get put there in the first place.
You know I said in the "what are you reading" thread that I was reading the book "My Prison Without Bars" by Pete Rose, the former baseball player, etc. I just finished that the other night and there was a few chapters in there about the time he spent in Prison. He didn't go into very much detail about the time he spent there, but I got the impression that he sure was glad to get out of there, for various reasons. Reading someone's true story like that opens your mind to how this type of life must be like - atleast a little bit.
And, just so you know, I don't think we disagree about everything, as you stated in your post. Atleast, I hope we don't!
However, I do enjoy debating the issues with you and hearing how you feel about certain subjects.
that her Father wasn't allowed to spend more time with her previous to her death. It could have made a world of difference, or maybe not, we'll never know, I guess.
Happy 27th Anniversary Fringes Of Algo 
Later all!