I note that the tabloids are reporting the righteous “fury” of the general public over prisoners in our jails receiving massages. Quite right tabloids! Quite right general public! Quite right, outraged man on the Clapham Omnibus!
Of course – we should be locking them in their cells in conditions of barbarous oppression. We should be fuelling their feelings of oppression and rage. Certainly, we should not ever – ever – seek to find ways to calm and sooth them. We should not teach them that there are systems of relaxation and joy, that might ease their frustrations. We certainly should not be paying good money in the hope that we might provide them with some hope and respite and time to reflect.
They must pay for their crimes. It is a mark of civilisation, that we show no mercy to these people. They are less than human after all. Our lack of mercy shows how much we care.
I hope you share my fury.
Nightcap
15 years ago
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