>Angela Davis, correctly I think, has been arguing for the abolition of
>prisons. Were I on any jury I would almost certainly vote for acquittal
>without even listening to either the defense or the prosecution. Johnny
>Cash wrote a song, entitled I think "San Quentin," in which he
>proclaimed that that prison had never done any good for anyone.
>
>I don't see any reason to desert these principles.
>
>What exactly does it mean, anyhow, to say that "the people who did this
>should be brought to justice"? And what business is if of anyone except
>those engaged in the justice system? Why should we have an opinion
>either way? The courts or the FBI aren't very interested in our opinion.
>
>Carrol
>
>P.S. The outcomes of vote.com are NOT depressing. It is really
>encouraging that under the present overwhelming cascade of patriotic
>shit 4% of respondents actually opposed military action. That's several
>million people -- and undoubtedly another 4% would have said the same
>except that they were (reasonably) too timid (too sensible, given the
>isolated nature of a poll-respondent) to speak up on their own and say
>what they thought rather than what they are expected to say. The task of
>leftists is to speak to that 4+%, to give them courage, to show them
>they are not really alone.