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This is the exact dialogue we need. I was referring to a certain strata of the incarcerated such as serial rapists and repeat murderers. Thankfully, that's a
by l33tbro 11y ago
This is the exact dialogue we need. I was referring to a certain strata of the incarcerated such as serial rapists and repeat murderers. Thankfully, that's a very small portion of inmates - so I retract my comment on there being a lot of them.
Sure, the term "bad people" cannot be quantified and really comes down to outlook in life, but I truly believe these folks cannot be rehabilitated and do not belong in our society.
- yarou 11y agoMembers of the Roman Imperial Legion were known to engage in serial rapes and murders in the lands they occupied. There is a calling for this type of skill set, and the exact role is that of a soldier. As there haven't been many wars in recent years, it's only logical that you'd find these types in prison. Relevant to this discussion is Foucalt's concept of "disciplinary institution". [1] [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disciplinary_institution https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disciplinary_institution
- jschwartzi 11y agoAre you suggesting that soldiers are called up out of a desire to harm others?
- Karunamon 11y agoHare-brained theory: Less "harm", more "impose their authority on". It takes a certain mindset to become an officer/soldier/etc. Those professions are how society channels those kinds of impulses in a semi-constructive way.
- chillwaves 11y agoWould hardly call what a professional soldier does the same as what a murderer, often a crime of passion, does. Same with rape. I do not need raping soldiers in any capacity.
- thaumasiotes 11y agoAll soldiers rape the conquered women. That's what soldiers do.
- noir_lord 11y agoThat's a shitty generalisation, historically true but far less so amongst modern professional non-conscripted standing forces.
- thaumasiotes 11y agoIt's less true among modern standing forces because it's rare for those forces to be sent anywhere. Not because they've stopped doing it.
- AndrewKemendo 11y agoThis is incredibly offensive to professional members of the military. You are also completely wrong about the lack of war in recent years as it relates to incarceration.
- afarrell 11y agoThat would lead to things like the Dirlewanger Regiment, which the SS disbanded because they committed too many atrocities.
- jschwartzi 11y agoHe also wasn't in with any of those people. Rapists and murderers don't tend to be sent to minimum-security prisons.