http://carceralnation.com/2009/03/05/shame-in-one-in-thirty-one/ Ancient Danger in a Human World Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://carceralnation.com/2009/03/05/shame-in-one-in-thirty-one/#comment-344 Thu, 05 Mar 2009 19:34:33 +0000 http://carceralnation.wordpress.com/2009/03/05/shame-in-one-in-thirty-one/#comment-344 You’re probably right, Anne. We’re only starting to build our Carceral Nation.

]]> http://carceralnation.com/2009/03/05/shame-in-one-in-thirty-one/#comment-343 Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:31:39 +0000 http://carceralnation.wordpress.com/2009/03/05/shame-in-one-in-thirty-one/#comment-343 don’t think we’re anywhere near with prisons. not until it becomes 1 in 2 at least. People like the safety those big buildings show.

]]> http://carceralnation.com/2009/03/05/shame-in-one-in-thirty-one/#comment-342 Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:00:05 +0000 http://carceralnation.wordpress.com/2009/03/05/shame-in-one-in-thirty-one/#comment-342 That’s a fine insight, Gordon. I’m with you on taxing pot and legalizing it. Why not? I read last wek that California alone would net over $3 billion in a “pot tax” alone.

]]> http://carceralnation.com/2009/03/05/shame-in-one-in-thirty-one/#comment-341 Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:21:08 +0000 http://carceralnation.wordpress.com/2009/03/05/shame-in-one-in-thirty-one/#comment-341 I think if you removed all the people from jail whose only crime related to the buying or selling of pot cigarettes, you would have a lot fewer people in jail. If marijuana were legal and taxed, it would vastly decrease crime and get a lot of tax revenue, and I don’t mean just because Doug Benson would buy a lot.

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