The prison system has the same corrupting influence on U.S. life that the Vietnam War and Jim Crow had. You simply cannot seriously oppose capitalism without calling for the elimination of U.S. prisons.
Carrol
-----Original Message----- From: lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org [mailto:lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org] On Behalf Of Michael Smith Sent: Friday, November 18, 2011 7:40 PM To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] A Note on the Middle 75%
On Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:58:44 -0500 Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
> "Snide" is funny coming from you. But that aside,
> you just seem to be repeating my call for more
To the snide I am snide; one adapts one's style to one's interlocutor. But I have a lot of respect for Carrol, who is never snide though sometimes prickly, and so I am not snide with him.
Like you, I would like to hear more. But I plead not guilty to the charge of repetition, m'Lud.
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