Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Cruel and Unusual
Kent Hovind, aka Dr. Dino, is in jail waiting to be sentenced on his conviction for tax evasion. Presidential aspirant Soapy Sam Brownback, the super-sanctimonious senator from Kansas, launched his election campaign by going to prison.
RSR doesn't wish to heap additional misery on inmates serving time in America's penal system, but is it possible that we have the beginnings of a solution to two of the country's biggest problems?
With religious fundamentalists occupying cells in the nation's prison system, they'll not only have less time to meddle with public schools, re-write the constitution, and bully gays, but they may just provide the disincentive to the criminal activity that we've been looking for.
We suspect that many career criminals may decide to go straight rather than spend years inside memorizing bible verses with religious zealots.
RSR doesn't wish to heap additional misery on inmates serving time in America's penal system, but is it possible that we have the beginnings of a solution to two of the country's biggest problems?
With religious fundamentalists occupying cells in the nation's prison system, they'll not only have less time to meddle with public schools, re-write the constitution, and bully gays, but they may just provide the disincentive to the criminal activity that we've been looking for.
We suspect that many career criminals may decide to go straight rather than spend years inside memorizing bible verses with religious zealots.
