tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post4787149455373236272..comments2023-10-29T06:41:23.910-07:00Comments on Halfway There: The unpardonable sinZenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09058127284297728552noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-82974597287988527382009-12-07T12:18:13.741-08:002009-12-07T12:18:13.741-08:00I don't the GOP allows rational commentators.I don't the GOP allows rational commentators.The Ridger, FCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01538111197270563075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-74654322891702586002009-12-06T19:58:55.757-08:002009-12-06T19:58:55.757-08:00Hey Zeno,
Enjoying your blog as always. I do want...Hey Zeno,<br /><br />Enjoying your blog as always. I do want to comment on the graph of "Incarcerated Americans 1920-2006". First two relatively minor points: (1) The horizontal scale is misleading: the last increment is from 2000 to 2006, whereas the others are 10-year increments; and (2) The U.S. population has of course increased considerably since 1920, so the per-capita increase in incarceration isn't quite as horrific as the graph suggests. <br /><br />But it is still horrific. The U.S. obsession with locking people up is profoundly disturbing. Incarceration really is "the gift that keeps on giving" in terms of future costs, both financial and social. <br /><br />I accept that there are legitimate questions about how society should deal with criminal behavior, and I certainly don't claim to have all the answers. But surely something has gone very wrong!Nick Barrowmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11224940659269649220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-74833812822323448032009-12-05T18:24:51.250-08:002009-12-05T18:24:51.250-08:00Bravo, Zed - an excellent post. Insightful analysi...Bravo, Zed - an excellent post. Insightful analysis and a good read, too.<br /><br />The ascendance of the anti-rationalist right has been a concern of mine for some time, as someone interested in USian politics from across the water (hence the Zed!); while there are some religious loons over here involved in politics, they are few and far between, and those relgious politicians in the UK tend to be involved in the established (in every sense) churches. I'd go so far as to say that a British politican who openly espoused Creationism would be roundly and soundly mocked.<br /><br />That all being said, of course we have our own problems, albeit of a different variety.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com