Date: 2012-10-19 04:32 am (UTC)From: [personal profile] elf
elf: Many Americans have all the virtues of civilized people (American virtues)
Do I have to read it first? (I will. Just not yet; is a busy night for me.)

I've gotten into arguments on forums when "religious freedom" comes up, and I point out that the US prison system is antithetical to my religious beliefs, and I'm expected to just accept it.

I generally get told that there's no anti-prison rule in Wicca and I must be making that up. And my thoughts are generally too tangled and nebulous to argue for long, so I don't wind up getting into it much, but: Pointless imprisonment is against my religion. Revenge disguised as punishment is against my religion. Destruction of people's integrity, willpower, and sense of self is against my religion. Abuses of authority, and especially refusals to curtail those abuses, are against my religion.

I'm not up to reading an in-depth article about the horrific things done to prisoners in the guise of "humane" punishments right now.
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