From: rrufiange@cfl.rr.com   
      
   "Morphy's ghost"  wrote in message   
   news:3fb12dc8.99710020@newsgroups.bellsouth.net...   
   > I tried to explain Stewie's concept of shutting down the prisons and   
   > letting a just society come into existence to a convict yesterday.   
   > His response was interesting.  He said that, while he felt that the   
   > sentences of imprisonment being handed down were way to excessive,   
   > that he felt prison in general served a useful purpose in getting the   
   > convict out of society and giving him a chance to get his mind and his   
   > priorities right.  He said that he knew that he had been on the wrong   
   > track and that he certainly had needed to be imprisoned for a time.   
   > This kind of demonstrates how far out in left field Stewie is, along   
   > with the fadt that he appears to think that both allowing and denying   
   > inmates access to TV are forms of control, as mentioned below.  Talk   
   > about your wanting to have your cake and eat it too.....   
      
   That convict was probably like my girlfriend.  Knew he did something, and   
   was able to accept some sort of punishment for what he did.  I think some of   
   them find a form of "peace" with their situation, realizing it could be   
   worse, but looking to the positive and trying to make use of their   
   environment as best they can.   
      
   That's the kind we'd like to come back out as soon as possible.   
      
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