First of all - I am not a sick person with some serious problems -- you come on here accusing me of not knowing the "facts" and then you turn around and do some assuming of your own...hypocrite -- look it up.
Secondly - Thank you for telling me what I am / or am not getting out of my volunteer work -- where would I be without people who don't know me and don't have a clue as to what I do for the women and children with whom I work, telling me what I do or don't get from it?
Third - your quote: "He has food 3 times a day? God forbid such a thing. I can't imagine anyone getting food 3 times a day." -- God forbid that people get to LIVE and not be MURDERED. I can't imagine anyone getting to live without some jerk who goes out and robs a store, killing the clerk, and then bases his defense on his mother didn't love him enough or some $#%@ like that!
Fourth -- I HAVE taken jail tours. I do have friends who work in the system. I know people who have been in jail. I have done the research - I actually have a Master's Degree, and one of the fields that I could have chosen was the prison system, so I had to do my research before making my career choice -- but then you and your ASSumptions wouldn't have known that, would you?
Fifth - I don't have anything in my neighborhood - I live in the country/sticks/boondocks -- call it what you will. The recreational facilities in the high crime areas are actually pretty nice - the higher-ups think that giving them an outlet for their "anger" will help lower the crime rate. Good argument on their behalf, I suppose, but I haven't had the chance to research that issue.
Sixth - when I mentioned buying cigarettes, and you said that's his money, not mine -- care to rethink that?? Hmmm - he's on a vacation on the taxpayer dollar (FIGURE of speech - please don't freak out on this one like you did the other...to be discussed next) and yet its still his money? No - its my money as a taxpayer. And as for them working? I don't care that they only make $1 an hour - that money should be going right back to pay the taxpayers for the cost of their incarceration. Why should I be paying for the crime that they chose to commit? You haven't answered that one yet.
Seventh - okay okay okay -- I forget that everyone on here in every single post always uses the exact correct terminology to discuss every little item...the "we all know" statement is an error on my part. God forbid that I would have stepped out with a figure of speech that would be taken so literally. I am eternally sorry for my use of common terminology -- but you can better believe I'll be watching out for the minute that you yourself cross the line and use any kind of statement out of general speech without complete and absolute knowledge and presence of fact.
Eigth - I am an animal rights ADVOCATE -- not ACTIVIST -- look it up. I don't support PETA because I do not support their ideals of destroying property, turning lab animals loose, blocking the roads so employees can't work, etc. -- I always make dang sure that I put the word "advocate" in there and not "activist" -- there is a difference! Thanks for noticing -- oops -- you didn't!
And yes - I do think the tone of this is that you are being a jerk because this whole time you have accused me of being presumptious, and making assumptions out of left field, but then you turn around and do it right back to me. You tell me what you "think" I've not seen -- what kind of life you "think" I lead -- how can it be okay for you to tell me what I don't know, but then turn around and say the same things to me? Unless I am mistaken, I don't know you -- I simply came on here stating my opinion. MINE - as in me, myself, and I based on what I personally know (and as I've said before, my opinion is the only one that I personally know so therefore I can only base my statements of opinion on them -- sounds like lawyer talk, huh?)
Oh, and lest I forget -- MURDERERS lose their "RIGHT" to being treated like a human, when they take away someone elses right to live.
The topic was started with "what are your views? For or against?" -- I stated that -- MY views -- and I don't think (thinking - as in my opinion) that just because someone disagrees with them (which is fine -- its fine to have your own opinion) that gives them the right to come bash me and make assumptions about my life.
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