"Ease up, Francis"? That is essentially what you stated.
Rofl, not at all, and fwiw, not even close. For someone who cries about being misquoted so much you sure do take delight in trying to do it to others.
You will literally try to rationalize and defend any reprehensible act until you see you have to backtrack from it. And even then you don't really do so:
What part of 'i'm not defending this' are you having trouble comprehending? And as I never defended it, I dont have to backtrack from it.
This simply should not happen in any modern country, much less one with our Bill of Rights:
Such error and oversight (or if you want to call it criminal behavior) happens in every nation on the planet as long as humans are involved. This has nothing to do nationally, and the fact that you think it says something nationally is just stupid.
I'd even go as far to say this is about NM only, and even more specific to that, to the specific prison involved.
And no, thats not rationalizing or defending the situation either. What was done to the guy was reprehensible; but he got a great settlement for his troubles.
All you can think about is how much money he made and how many people would supposedly take his place for that sum of money, even though he will likely soon die from lung cancer.
The cancer has nothing to do with what happened to him. Even the story mentions that.
And why not discuss people who would volunteer to endure crap like that for a huge sum of money? Do you not think that worthy of discussion? Or does it detract from you trying to 'blame the entire USA' as you seem to be attempting to do?
There is no sum of money that can make such treatment acceptable.
Acceptable? No. But thats not to say some wouldnt sign up for it for a sum of money like that. I'm sure some would.
This is an example of what should have been your only reaction to this incident:
I dont post to make you happy, sorry.
Instead, you nitpicked which level of government was responsible.
Of course you think being accurate about this would be nitpicking since you never hesistate to blame all of America for crap that happens even in specific instances like this. Spare me.
Being correct in the perspective of this issue isnt nitpicking at all. You'd make this out to be a national issue, when it simply isnt.
And you discussed the compensation he received, contrary to the wishes of the county, which supposedly made this incident something that a number of people would have willingly endured.
Well, his compensation is indeed part of the story itself is it not? Or is it off-limits since you deem it so?
This thread is great. Conservatives defending the federal government for once and pointing out that it's the state authorities that are crazy. And apparently you can forcibly detain someone in miserable conditions as long as you pay him a lot later (which they haven't been willing to do, it seems).
There is nothing to defend in regarding the federal government in this case as it is utterly not involved at all. Nothing to defend.
And fwiw, no one is saying what you allege....at all.
You put way too much worth in money and material wealth. That these sorts of comments is what you chose to share with us regarding this story is .. somewhat disturbing. but that's just me
Does the truth of my comment shock you? That there are people in the world that would do this for that amount of money?
Perhaps, as a paralegal, I've seen so much of the darker side of man that i'm not shocked by that at all. In fact, I've come to expect it from some. I've worked all kinds of cases; from child porn and abuse, to serial killers. Nothing surprises me anymore.
