prisons, again, again, again.....

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7366258.stm

so in response to this "news" we hear the typical knee-jerk responses : "they're living in luxury: 3 meals a day, they watch TV, they are housed for free!!!"

Oh yes, what a luxury, 3 meals a day, a roof over your head : BUUUUTTT how troubled, turbulent and awful must your life have been in order to feel this way about prison!

what we dont realise is that these prisoners' lives, before going to prison, must have been so lacking in what we take for granted everyday (like 3 meals a day, certain shelter) that they are a luxury for them!!! IT ISNT THE PRISONS WE SHOULD BE FOCUSING ON, IT IS THE LIFE OF POVERTY AND LAST RESORTS THAT THOSE WHO END UP IN PRISONS HAD TO DEAL WITH, WHICH LED THEM THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE!!! IT'S JUST.......SO........ OBVIOUS! it is humbling, and devastating to think that prisoners are the few ppl who really appreciate that yes, food, electricity, shelter IS a luxury and something that is the default position for the rest of us.
of course there are many contributing factors as to why people commit crimes, and there is a huge arrogance that i hear everyday when ppl say "well if i were in that position i wouldnt....." = ingorance and hyporcrisy.

and yes there are those in poverty who dont commit crimes, BUT EVERY SITIUTATION IS DIFFERENT ANNNNDDD what are we even talking about when we use the word "crime".
i think we should question who IS really committing the crimes against who? YET STILL IT IS NOT AS SIMPLE AS THAT, i think we should turn to foucault at this point :)

hmm

you know the latest about how our brain "knows" what it will do 10 secs before it actually performs it? (was previously thought that it only "knew" a couple of seconds before). now i know it is problematic, and rather silly even, to read anything at all into this, especially as sartre is a phenomonologist, but:

i wonder how, if, this relates to sartre's fundamental project and pre=reflective consciouness (well i dont mean's sartre's pre-ref consciousness, but his concept ;p)?

ideas/?

pfft

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7356970.stm

a not too well informed response, but nevermind:


hitler youth :"he said his teenage years had been "marred by a sinister regime". "
yeh IN HINDSIGHT! WELL DUH! "Its influence grew, infiltrating schools and civic bodies, as well as politics and even religion, before it was fully recognised for the monster it was," !!!!

the hitler youth WAS SPECIFICALLY designed to give these mini-nazis the most rewarding, strengthening, communitarian, idealistic time of their lives!!!
and i bet he had a bloody awesome time too!! OBVIOUSLY later, AS WOULD BE EXPECT, he;d realise it was rather shitty, well, for some ppl.
so he is moaning about being part of the hitler youth, ah diddums, HOW ABOUT TRY BEING A JEW UNDER THE NAZI REGIME!

also, i love it! I LOVE IT! FOUCAULT AT WORK!
"The sexual abuse scandal has been a recurring theme in the Pope's visit.
Addressing 40,000 people at a Washington stadium earlier in the week, he spoke of the issue before talking privately to a group of people who had been abused by priests. "
yeh he has talked about it FOUR TIMES NOW in public, must also be the regular chit-chat over breakfast, lunch and dinner too!

HE GETS PLEASURE, THE LISTENERS GET PLEASURE! PLEASURE ALL ROUND! apart from the abused kids who are suddenly the centre of attention and are having their past shoved in their faces but the very people who did it. what hypocrisy. pfft.