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RealityVsUnreality 17 - 20 Feb 2009 - Main.LaurenRosenberg
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When Prof. Moglen was discussing the wide chasm separating between what we know about the penal system and what really transpires behind prison doors, it occurred to me that this divergence between reality and unreality certainly isn't unqiue to the criminal "justice" system, and that the failure to bridge that gap often leads to a distorted understanding of human behavior in other contexts as well. In the case of the penal system, we witness some alarming absurdities: the father who thinks jail time will "shape up" his son, the politician who pads his resume with convictions, the prosecutor whose political ties pervert her duties as a public servant, and a community which thinks itself safer despite rising rates of incarceration and crime. These symptoms are no doubt worrisome, but I believe the same social forces operate in other cases as well.
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Aaron, I apologize for my response if you were not intending to comment on the "freeriding" problem as associated with the mental illnesses point that I mentioned. Apparently there was some confusion regarding the separation between Jamila's comment and my own; my only comment on this thread was regarding the prevalence of psychiatric disorders in homeless individuals.

-- LaurenRosenberg - 20 Feb 2009

 
 
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