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Yep, I read the article. Nobody said it wasn’t rare, or that many interactions that happen while the prisoner is inside turn into relationships after release. I
by tomhoward 7y ago
Yep, I read the article. Nobody said it wasn’t rare, or that many interactions that happen while the prisoner is inside turn into relationships after release. It’s a question of whether these interactions, or subsequent relationships, happen at all.
Anyway, we’re clearly in futile territory when we’re debating the definition of words like “significant” in a topic that has nothing to do with the article posted, so I’m certainly done here.
For the record I still don’t think it’s a helpful thing to point out to someone with a worsening disability; as the article and other commenters have pointed out, people who want to interact with prisoners have particular motivations, and they likely won’t apply to people with disabilities.
- watwut 7y agoThe blind man up thread wanted actual relationship, not just some communication over letters with someone who pitty you that ends soon. It is not that he does not have chance. But common, it is harder for disabled people of both genders. And yes, this thread made prison relationships sound way more probable then they are. It is much less convincing argument that "it is not entirely impossible and some few people can find relationship as prisoners". And from discussion people did seemed to buy the "significant amount of prisoners get love" argument in it. Even speculating about women finding safety in ot or "liking bad" guys. Both very wrong conclusions.
- tomhoward 7y agoBoth I (twice) and the other person you initially replied to said it’s unhelpful/inapplicable advice to the person going blind. If you’d just said “in reality this doesn’t happen very often” this subthread could’ve been much shorter :)