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> But China imprisoning populations solely for having a different religion and culture is worse than America imprisoning people for (at least mostly) real crimi
by BugsJustFindMe 5y ago
> But China imprisoning populations solely for having a different religion and culture is worse than America imprisoning people for (at least mostly) real criminal convictions.
My culture says that growing and smoking cannabis is good. The US disagrees and makes that nonviolent crime a felony. The Uyghur culture says that worshipping Allah is good. China disagrees and makes that nonviolent crime a felony.
What's the difference, exactly? What makes one criminal conviction "real" and the other not?
Our incarceration system is no less culture-bound when we have half a million people imprisoned (1 in 5 prisoners) for nonviolent drug crimes.
- nsxwolf 5y agoYou're asking "how should we decide what is moral or criminal", which is just a bit smaller a question than "what is the meaning of life?"
- BugsJustFindMe 5y agoI'm actually saying that it's derisible to say that our incarceration system is less culture-bound when we have half a million people imprisoned (1 in 5 prisoners) for nonviolent drug crimes.