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(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Fri, Sep 10 2004
Match Mail
I've heard of flame mail, but this is ridiculous. I keep wondering why there might be matches lying around in maximum-security prisons. Is it because prisoners and workers smoke? I know that some prisons are trying to ban smoking. Some people think the ban is a great idea, but prisons have run into trouble when they bumped into issues of religious freedom. Of course, advocates of clean air, including those who live or work in prisons, have fiercely fought back to keep smokers at bay. Some folks even think that smoking and crime go together. If that's true, then what about this report? If smoking causes crime, we should have a high percentage of Native American female smokers who turn to crime. Kentuckians should build more prisons to house all those Kentucky smokers. And if we can go ahead and incarcerate Americans until they are 75, only eight percent of them will continue to smoke (and thus commit crimes).
What does it all really mean? I have no idea, but if the person (or persons) who sent the matches through the mail meant to send a message about bans on smoking, I'll bet our state governor wasn't on the list. I hear he indulges in tobacco a bit now and then himself.
posted at: 08:25 | category: /Miscellaneous | link to this entry
I've heard of flame mail, but this is ridiculous. I keep wondering why there might be matches lying around in maximum-security prisons. Is it because prisoners and workers smoke? I know that some prisons are trying to ban smoking. Some people think the ban is a great idea, but prisons have run into trouble when they bumped into issues of religious freedom. Of course, advocates of clean air, including those who live or work in prisons, have fiercely fought back to keep smokers at bay. Some folks even think that smoking and crime go together. If that's true, then what about this report? If smoking causes crime, we should have a high percentage of Native American female smokers who turn to crime. Kentuckians should build more prisons to house all those Kentucky smokers. And if we can go ahead and incarcerate Americans until they are 75, only eight percent of them will continue to smoke (and thus commit crimes).
What does it all really mean? I have no idea, but if the person (or persons) who sent the matches through the mail meant to send a message about bans on smoking, I'll bet our state governor wasn't on the list. I hear he indulges in tobacco a bit now and then himself.
posted at: 08:25 | category: /Miscellaneous | link to this entry
