Sattvic social change versus tamasic political sloganering

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On Namah Shivaya

 

Certainly , the prison system needs reform.....

 

but how much of your rhetoric (the new plantations) is true analysis

and much is hyped political rhetoric...please try to be honest...how

would you like to compare US prisons with say...Pakistan or

Venezuela? Do you really understand prisons and have an in depth

knowledge of the problems faced by communities overwhelmed by crime,

and don't know how to deal with it? Have you ever been raped or

attacked at gun point? Are you aware of the difficulty of being a

police officer having to deal with gang violence? It is so easy to

slop out slogans without a deep and balanced understanding of the

many sides of an issue. It so much easier (and less intelligent) to

point fingers and blame the evil bad guys (corporations and white

people). Do you think marxist federal prisons in China are better

than corporate prisons? Really? Do you have any idea of what you are

talking about?

 

Again true, real talk about reform is interesting, half baked

politically based criticisms recycled through dopey political web

sites is just polarizing..

 

and do you honestly think that the people in prison didn't commit

crimes? Criticism that is real and balanced and well researched

creates respect and the ability to advance reform....political hype

and exagerrated sloganering is not good seva...it may give you an

emotional jolt, but it will only polarize your audience, and delay

true reforms.....

 

It is similar to PETA people who do illegal things for animal

rights, it only makes vegetarians look stupid and destructive. And I

am a commited vegetarian who believes that many of the worlds

problems will be solved when we stop doing violence to animals.

 

Are you willing to do the work to really research problems and

change things, and to speak to people from all walks of life

intelligently and fairly, with a holistic perspective, or do you

just want to feel good about complaining?

 

In my opinion this is Tamasic versus Sattvic social change....

 

 

Ammachi, Devi's Daughter <devi.daughter@g...>

wrote:

>

> prisons for profit -- the new plantations

>

> ecjensen_us wrote:

> > OM NAMAH SIVAYA

> >

> > not only are the prisons for profit many of them are public

> > companies trading on the New York Stock Exchange. Complete with

> > lobbyist in Washington helping to form our policies. and now

> > corporate America is beginning to outsource prison labor. it is

a

> > home grown source of cheap labor. slave labor one could say.

while

> > the sixth amendment grants everyone the right to counsel, i

would

> > not want to rely on a public defender to represent my

interests. i

> > once had to spend several thousand dollars for attorney's fees

and

> > was only being "interviewed" by the Feds. friends in the same

> > situation without resources for representation had a very

different

> > interviewing process. without funds you are definitely

guaranteed a

> > speedy trial, though it may not have the outcome one would

desire.

> >

> > JAI MA

>

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