[lbo-talk] Close the Prisons Re: Irish priests beat, raped children

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Thu May 21 10:56:47 PDT 2009


On May 21, 2009, at 1:22 PM, Carrol Cox wrote:


> My definition of a leftist: Someone who wholeheartedly accepts the
> slogan, "Close the Prisons."

Except as you conceded earlier, it doesn't really mean close the prisons. It means, fewer people in prison and more alternatives to incarceration. But never let complexity get in the way of a slogan!

Doug



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