> The question, said Glasser, is do incremental
> reforms
> like
> coerced treatment get you closer to your goal? Not
> necessarily,
> he answered. "I worry that Prop. 36 will undermine
> our
> fundamental principles and reinforce greater social
> controls. In
> the long run," Glasser concluded, "coerced treatment
> takes us
> further from our principles."
Or, in Foucauldian political terms, coerced treatment is *not* a reform, but rather a more refined technique of social control. What's Ira Glasser's story? And does he read Michel Foucault?
Alec
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