Society in Jail
Jeffrey Tucker at LewRockwell.com - a good reminder of the George Washington quote, "Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master." The state has one and only one way to enforce its dictates: kidnapping. [clairefiles]
"What are you in for?" the inmate of Lee County jail asked the new prisoner.
"Rolling through a stop sign in my subdivision," answered the new inmate, to gales of laughter from others languishing in the same cell.
As they laugh, crumbs from their hard, dry sandwiches -- distributed by the wardens twice per day -- flew from their mouths to add to the debris of filth on the floor that was ground up by the cracked plastic sleeping mats and absorbed by the old, thin blankets inmates use to keep warm in this cold and wet 8x8 room.
The new inmate today joined the 500 prisoners, among whom were some of the most violent threats to society -- but also people who, like Inmate 501, are no threat to anyone.
He had been trying to make his one phone call, to which you are supposedly entitled when you land in the big house. The phone would only call collect, even for local calls. That meant that it couldn't call cell phones. Most local services don't even have collect-call options anymore. So you dial and dial but the phone might as well be a prop on the wall. There is no way out.
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