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You can leave a convent. You can't leave a jail. I also don't know too many nuns getting shanked or brewing toilet-merlot in the convent. Also, most go on erran

• jacquesm 10y ago
  > You can leave a convent. Yes, you can. I did not claim you can't. But even though you can there are quite a few cases of institutionalization in convents. And the convent I visited had nuns that had not been out in society in a long time, quite possibly longer than the jail sentence mentioned. > I also don't know too many nuns getting shanked or brewing toilet-merlot in the convent. On the contrary, plenty of convents and abbeys engage in brewing! Trappist beer for one. > Also, most go on errands in the city without an armed guard and manacles. No, but back in the day they tended to be chaperoned. Nuns are a dying breed around here, the history I'm recounting is when I was 6, 46 years ago, but still if someone has made their vows and is reconciled to life as a nun I seriously wonder how effective jail would be, I'm pretty sure they would not be too impressed by it (compared to someone not used to solitude at any level).
  • jpindar 10y ago
    If you equate jail with solitude, I have to wonder what country you're from. In the US, jail is the exact opposite of solitude.
    • throwaway7645 10y ago
      Except for the frequent use of solitary confinement. Adam Ruins Everything has a pretty shocking show on U.S. prisons. A prisoner might spend years in solitary going insane.
  • throwaway7645 10y ago
    Agreed. Trappist ale is phenomenal btw. Chimay blue is heavenly. As someone mentioned below, US jails are crowded, unsanitary, loud, and dangerous. But yea, I see the spirit of your point.