[lbo-talk] Occupy Oakland reports and pics

[Carrol Cox]

Who is your implied reader? What change in that reader's behavior do you
expect your argument to make? Will it in fact change the number of
prisoners? Will it increase the number of people demanding that the number
of prisoner's be reduced? Or will it merely make you feel more comfortable
in your smugness?

Carrol

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Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Occupy Oakland reports and pics

On May 2, 2012, at 9:03 AM, Dennis Claxton wrote:


> I only want to point out how easily the reaction to it can resonate with
law and order tropes about dangerous folk.

The other day I read a quote from Richard Pryor who said something like "I'm
glad we have penitentiaries" after doing a prison performance.

But, really, how many truly dangerous folk do we have? Certainly nothing
remotely like 2 million.

Oh, damn, I'm talking policy. Bless me Father, for I have sinned.

Doug
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