tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513679299375736828.post3798531092068899257..comments2024-03-11T01:47:38.754-07:00Comments on The World According to AmericanGoy: Only in USA: Toddler Prison for fun and profitAmericanGoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00865892490752172185noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513679299375736828.post-23579257853172929942009-03-31T06:01:00.000-07:002009-03-31T06:01:00.000-07:00You think these prisons are bad? Try spending some...You think these prisons are bad? Try spending some time in a Mexican or Cuban jail as a missionary friend of mine did. American-style imprisonment is heaven in comparison.<BR/><BR/>Also, people in these prisons are bringing it on their own heads. While their home countries are not shining examples of freedom and justice, every legitimate nation has a right to say whom it lets in and when. Take away that and you don't have a nation, you have a glorified tourist resort.Dark-Starnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513679299375736828.post-87601661558608365762008-03-03T07:40:00.000-08:002008-03-03T07:40:00.000-08:00i watched the entire video, all 17 minutes, and im...i watched the entire video, all 17 minutes, and immediately noticed the very careful and deliberate avoidance of the term "illegal" preceding "immigrant" by every person interviewed -- consistent throughout. convenient doublespeak.<BR/><BR/>while there's no excuse for sub-standard conditions and exploitative profiteering by the prison corporations, i see no problem with the system itself as an idea. the people in those facilities are, in fact, illegal immigrants. i'm sure the reason they switched to a prison rather than those happy-homes was because the people in them would just vanish like the ones who didn't get caught at the border.<BR/><BR/>last i checked, they're not being handed a bill after being released; no, we pay the bill for them. what's a better deal, being turned back to mexico at the border to their supposed "horrible refugee point of origin" or being housed and fed for free in a reasonable environment while waiting for their place in the legal immigration queue? i've seen college dorms that looked worse than what was shown in that video. that's not to say there aren't horrible places that should be investigated... i'm sure there are, and that should be addressed. obviously.<BR/><BR/>incidentally, there's nothing wrong with people working in privately run prisons... i guess it'd be better if they were all out of jobs and on welfare? it's actually kind of ironic that a lot of people who probably lost their jobs to outsourcing or illegal labor end up running the illegal immigrant prisons :) and they pay taxes!<BR/><BR/>bottom line... there's a problem when prison corporations purposely exploit / harm people for profit. obviously, i have compassion for the kids, etc. but there are limits to what can be sustained in terms of immigration. that's one issue... being confused with this one and used by the interest groups who made this material to promote their agenda. the whole thing WAS subtitled in spanish, you know. sorry, it goes both ways.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com