> Jordan says there are more people in jail in the U.S. because there is a
> higher incidence of violent crime.
>
> Then why aren't all the U.S. soldiers fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan in
> jail? And the generals?
>
> I'd call what's happening in Iraq and Iran "violent crime."
>
> If you have a system where some people go to jail when others, doing the
> same thing, don't, then I don't see how we can talk about prisons being in
> any way connected to justice.
>
> Joanna
>
> Come on, you got to know how this works. Generally, police and soldiers
> are exempt (as are the rich), depending on the circumstances of course.
> Fighting in foreign wars automatically entitles you to much admiration as a
> "hero", but not therapy. ,
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