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21. I wish we could recommend individual posts

Reply to Spider Jerusalem (Reply #12)

Tue Apr 23, 2013, 01:59 AM

Apr 2013

Because I would so so for many of yours.

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I am OK with Tsarnaev getting life without parole in Supermax. [View all] Nye Bevan Apr 2013 OP

What's the point? MannyGoldstein Apr 2013 #1

Sorry, what "torture"? (nt) Nye Bevan Apr 2013 #2

You don't think supermax prisons are torture? MannyGoldstein Apr 2013 #3

Of course it's not "torture". Nye Bevan Apr 2013 #4

Do other civilized countries have anything like this? MannyGoldstein Apr 2013 #6

Oh Manny. tblue Apr 2013 #9

I see ensuite private bathroom facilities. Plus your very own TV. Nye Bevan Apr 2013 #10

So if you went to jail, you would be content with such a place? MannyGoldstein Apr 2013 #14

This is where empathy becomes silliness Prism Apr 2013 #29

Right; "Would you be content"? No, but I wouldn't blow up the 8 year old, either. Warren DeMontague Apr 2013 #31

Bingo Dorian Gray Apr 2013 #41

Empathy is not silly. woo me with science Apr 2013 #58

Good post. Thanks. (nt) Nye Bevan Apr 2013 #67

Empathy is the only hope this planet has soleft Apr 2013 #77

+1 RedCappedBandit Apr 2013 #107

+100000000000000000000000 dionysus Apr 2013 #106

Then what should prison be like? treestar Apr 2013 #39

define the torture DonCoquixote Apr 2013 #42

Solitary confinement and 23 hours a day in a 6'x9' cell. Spider Jerusalem Apr 2013 #64

yes, it is harsh DonCoquixote Apr 2013 #72

"People in these places go insane. They eat their own eyeballs and fingers...." cliffordu Apr 2013 #95

For example MannyGoldstein Apr 2013 #105

Definitely torture IMO. n/t Cali_Democrat Apr 2013 #19

It's hell because why? dookers Apr 2013 #28

Thank you, Manny. woo me with science Apr 2013 #38

No, it's torture. Spider Jerusalem Apr 2013 #12

I wish we could recommend individual posts BainsBane Apr 2013 #21

McCain didn't have a TV. There are TVs in the cells in the SuperMax cells. n/t Tx4obama Apr 2013 #23

McCain's cell had fresh air and more sunlight. MannyGoldstein Apr 2013 #25

harsh enough, but DonCoquixote Apr 2013 #43

Thank you. nt woo me with science Apr 2013 #69

Is it a violation of TOS to link to the SCORES of posts on DU Dreamer Tatum Apr 2013 #96

What makes a Supermax prison torture? Dorian Gray Apr 2013 #40

You get out for 1 hour a day. Maybe 2. Taverner Apr 2013 #80

Black & white TVs are in SuperMax cells. Recreational, religious, educational programs are aired n/t Tx4obama Apr 2013 #81

Eaaaaugh! That's worse than nothing!!!! Taverner Apr 2013 #82

How are black & white TVs not considered torture? octothorpe Apr 2013 #92

How often do they get to swap out books? octothorpe Apr 2013 #94

They do - about once every two weeks Taverner Apr 2013 #104

Apparently so Yo_Mama Apr 2013 #71

All prisons are torture, even (sometimes especially) county jails. Zorra Apr 2013 #87

Emotional Torture, my friend Taverner Apr 2013 #79

Ant this is how it begins Brooklyns_Finest Apr 2013 #15

What's Norway's crime rate, compared to the US? MannyGoldstein Apr 2013 #20

and in Norway DonCoquixote Apr 2013 #44

More info and a list of more folks that are at the Florence SuperMax on link below Tx4obama Apr 2013 #5

Looks comfortable except the concrete bed. Jack Sprat Apr 2013 #22

Actually, you can't see anything but sky dookers Apr 2013 #30

Yup, it's torture. aquart Apr 2013 #68

good; then it's settled. Schema Thing Apr 2013 #7

Always happy to help! Nye Bevan Apr 2013 #11

Regardless of what you or I or anyone thinks that will be the ultimate end.... Rowdyboy Apr 2013 #8

If I ever wish this on anybody, tblue Apr 2013 #13

+1 Lucinda Apr 2013 #17

+2 idwiyo Apr 2013 #24

What about people who favor the death penalty? Nye Bevan Apr 2013 #26

Yes. morningfog Apr 2013 #61

+3 nt Live and Learn Apr 2013 #27

So what should we do with him? nt Union Scribe Apr 2013 #36

That is my question as well. n/t ChazII Apr 2013 #65

What do other civilized countries do woo me with science Apr 2013 #76

Thank you. tblue Apr 2013 #78

Then it should have been easy to tell me Union Scribe Apr 2013 #84

I'm not sure what you are finding difficult about this. woo me with science Apr 2013 #99

So, what do we do with him? nt Union Scribe Apr 2013 #83

+4 woo me with science Apr 2013 #37

+5 redStateBlueHeart Apr 2013 #88

I really think the "rot in jail" sentiment is lamentable. I'd hope some SOME of the inmates KittyWampus Apr 2013 #16

Let's have the trial first BainsBane Apr 2013 #18

I hope that some day he will be able to find rehabilitation and redemption and will be able to Douglas Carpenter Apr 2013 #32

If he ever got out customerserviceguy Apr 2013 #100

there was not one radical Islamic group in the world that wanted to be associated with this, - not Douglas Carpenter Apr 2013 #102

At this point, hell no customerserviceguy Apr 2013 #103

cruel and unusual punishment. clearly illustrated by the psych study cali Apr 2013 #33

But other than facts, you got nothing. MannyGoldstein Apr 2013 #34

Compared to those who support the death penalty, am I better, just as bad, or worse? (nt) Nye Bevan Apr 2013 #45

really? you think in those terms? why? cali Apr 2013 #50

Because realistically, he will either be sentenced to death, or to life in Supermax. Nye Bevan Apr 2013 #53

you have to ask? I've made it clear here on numerous occasions cali Apr 2013 #57

Thank you, Cali. nt woo me with science Apr 2013 #52

Corporatism, authoritarianism, torture, choosing the coldest and most inhumane woo me with science Apr 2013 #35

Compared to those who support the death penalty, am I better, just as bad, or worse? (nt) Nye Bevan Apr 2013 #46

False choice, but typical for this ugly, ugly mindset. woo me with science Apr 2013 #48

Well, you may consider it a "false choice", but realistically he will either get the death penalty, Nye Bevan Apr 2013 #51

Not playing your game. woo me with science Apr 2013 #54

me 2 MFM008 Apr 2013 #47

Death would be too easy for this guy madokie Apr 2013 #49

Not just heaven. Heaven with 72 virgins (nt) Nye Bevan Apr 2013 #55

The whole concept of a Supermax prison is pure evil vindictiveness lunatica Apr 2013 #56

But not as evil as strapping someone to a gurney and injecting them with poison, right? Nye Bevan Apr 2013 #60

I'm against the death penalty lunatica Apr 2013 #63

Third Way framing. Always we are urged to embrace the lesser of evils. woo me with science Apr 2013 #70

Like it or not, this is probably where he will end up. Terra Alta Apr 2013 #59

If you can't do the appalling time, then don't do the horrible crime (nt) Nye Bevan Apr 2013 #62

What he did was appalling, no doubt about that. Terra Alta Apr 2013 #66

I'm Not RobinA Apr 2013 #73

It is a bid to abandon our human ethics and compassion, woo me with science Apr 2013 #75

+1 nt Javaman Apr 2013 #74

Excellent! zappaman Apr 2013 #85

funny thing warrprayer Apr 2013 #86

What I wanna know is...how do people not go crazy in an establishment like this? redStateBlueHeart Apr 2013 #89

Ted Kaczynski (the Unabomber) successfully completed three independent study courses Nye Bevan Apr 2013 #90

Hmm, at least he was able to do something productive redStateBlueHeart Apr 2013 #91

"I'm glad they have access to TV" Floyd_Gondolli Apr 2013 #93

Only one thing's for sure, after a few years in there that 19 yr old will wish he had chosen death riderinthestorm Apr 2013 #97

Have ANY of you looked at the sentencing guidelines? DevonRex Apr 2013 #98

Hmm, serious article customerserviceguy Apr 2013 #101

I have no problem with him being put in a supermax davidpdx Apr 2013 #108