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Not yet at least

Yea, I’m probably am, but it’s a little deserved honestly. My way is not the American way. I can guarantee you that. It’s way too highbrow for my country. The reasons for crime are well known and well researched, and I will present you with links to various studies: http://www.mlam.in/pdf/currentissue/2.Dr.Nair_Original ARTICLE_Social Psyche_CHENNAI.pdf https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2015/jun/30/24-ways-to-reduce-in-the-worlds-most-violent-cities Criminology and Public Policy https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10030141/1/Bowers_Weisburd et al. Research Paper edited2 (1)dw_swdw.pdf

Yeah peer pressure!

Absolutely, I’m not debating that, and the facts support that. However, research has also shown the strong social support systems can easily counter those effects. If we don’t try to breaking the prison pipeline, than it’s obviously going to continue to exist. Going to back to what @Griff88 talked about. People will make a fuse (legitimately and fair) about a criminal who goes right back to his lifestyle. I would imagine however that Indonesia doesn’t really have a support system for prisoners when they return to society. So people have the right to be upset that this guy is stealing again, but they should also be asking themselves why he’s stealing again. I don’t think that’s a radical statement either.

I agree, but research is research for reason. The people that write these papers and run these studies are best experts in the field. They know what they’re talking about. I also agree that my “plan” wouldn’t work in every country because of the wide variance of prison systems and conditions. Common sense absolutely has a place debate and policy, but we should never value it more than science and research. I can, and do, employ common sense all the time, but I also use science, research, and personal experience just as much. I think the view you hold (and I don’t mean this as a slight) is a little one-sided. It’s clear that you could care less about prisoners. That’s fine, but bias can be dangerous. The virus spreading in prisons does pose a serious threat to rest of society. I don’t think it’s a good idea to write off the impacts of that.

Well once prisoners get it, it’s all over. These populist leaders we continue to elect will never be in a position to govern effectively. I think releasing non-violet prisoners in overcrowded prisons is the right decision.

People in prison are still people. They spread the disease, and it puts society at risk. In the US, our prisons are overcrowded and perfect breading grounds for the virus. In order to protect guards and other prison staff, we release non-violent criminals towards the end of their sentences. I would also add that many of prisoners released will try not to return to crime. Unfortunately, the economy won’t make it possible for them to have the opportunity to get hired. They’ll get forced back into the same position that got them in trouble. Everyone will highlight the few prisoners that go back to crime, but no one wants to talk about the majority that won’t with proper education, employment help, and social services.

I believe it isn’t. Research supports my opinion. While Trump is an idiot, a lot of criminal justice issues existed long before he came along. We’re not releasing murders and rapists. We’re releasing people busted with small amount of drugs or involved in petty theft. I’m just not going to take that bait on the last comment anymore. I’m willing to have substantive discussions about issues based on fact and supported by personal opinion, but I’m trying to become a better communicator and person.

Death Penalty is a really interesting issue. It divided the state more than anything when we tried to end it in 2016. In a major upset, the bill was not passed. It seems to be one of the few issues that really divides the left. Personally, I like the Norwegian model of prisons. Research supports what their doing, and many studies prove why death penalty isn’t worth the trouble really.

Clearly you don’t understand the ramifications of what I said. I get people not feeling bad about guards bringing Covid into prison, but there’s obviously no argument that we should try to prevent them from bringing it. If they get it, and go shopping, and go home to their families, it will spread amongst people.

Guards bring in it, Guards take home. It’s a huge issue actually.

Somewhat similar. We’re been releasing non-violet criminals who are near completion of their sentence from my understanding. It’s the right thing to do. We need to try and help our incarcerated populations as well. Some of the worst Covid-19 outbreaks are in prisons.

Seems like a little bit of a logical fallacy there, but okay.

Americans are weak willed, uneducated, strongly opinionated, and have a tendency to go against science. This literally doesn’t shock me one bit. We honestly have more in common with Brazil or Indonesia than the UK or Germany at this point.

Justin Amash will attempt to run as the libertarian candidate. He’s the one the strongly anti-Trump Republican in the House of Representatives. He could have enough sway in the Great Lakes states to hand Trump the nomination. I fully expect the Green and Libertarian Parties to get more votes than usual for the second election in row, unless the left somehow unites behind Biden. I still wish California was its own state. We’re too left for our own major national party now, and that divide will only continue to grow. The majority of our congressional reps supported the Sanders candidacy. I’d say a good majority of representatives are more qualified to be president than any of the presidential candidates. I can only hope Calexit is on the ballot in 2022 or 2024.

That would be against our reelection laws, so I don’t think that will happen (unless it happens in the next month or so). I don’t think Michelle has an interest, or she would have run. She would have walked straight to the nomination had she ran.

Yes/no. The time itself feels like quite a while, but time on the forum has flown by.

Over the last few days, Biden seems to have gotten himself embroiled in a sexual misconduct scandal. I mean seriously, how the fuck is he the best candidate?

Just realized that I’ve been a member of Totallympics for over two years now! Easily one of the best decisions I’ve made in my life

24 sports have made the final program for the games: Indoor athletics, cue sports, bowling, dancesport, chess, futsal, roller sports, sport climbing, short-course swimming (25m), muay, jujitsu, BMX, hoop takraw/sepak takraw, kurash, floorball, netball, taekwondo, indoor hockey, karate, e-sports, badminton (three events), pencak silat, cheerleading, sambo, indoor rowing. This will be the first ever inclusion on any form of the Asian Games for Cheerleading, Floorball, Netball, and Indoor Rowing. I quite like the sports program honestly. The AIMAG are fun because you often get to see a lot of sports you don’t see at other multi-sports games outside of the SEA Games or World Games. The influence of the World Combat Games can be felt as there will only be 5 combat sports on the program. I’m looking forward to the games as a nice return to international sports. Plus, it’s nice to have something before the Olympics after what probably be close to a year without any multi-sports games.

Lidl sounds more like our big grocery stores, Kaufman sounds kinda like Costco.

We shop at whatever stores are progressive. Like everything in the US, there are liberal stores, and conservative stores.

I’ve literally never been inside of either. 7-Eleven are just glorified gas stations, and Dollar General is for the poor white people in the South. Our big supermarkets are Albertsons, Vons, SaveMarket, Trader Joe’s (a Californian favorite, it’s the hipster grocery store), Whooe Foods, Stater Bro’s, and Smart and Final. Our big warehouse chains are Sam’s Club, Costco, Walmart, and Target. We have niche stores like CVS Pharmacy, Micheals, etc. If you can think of a need, there’s a national chain store for it. We even a warehouse chain dedicated to alcohol called BevMo

@hckosice One the students in my debate class has a Slovakian grandfather. It’s the first time I’ve ever heard of someone in California having Slovakian decent