Decentralise everything!

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Cake day: June 27th, 2021

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  • I think prisons have to be reformed in almost every country, including my own (Canada). Prison should fill one or both of these roles:

    1. Isolate criminals from society,
    2. Limit freedom as a deterrent for crime. Generally agree that imprisoned people should have the opportunity to rehabilitate.

    My point that i want to make is that the punishment should not exceed simply limiting freedom. Prison should protect prisoners from violence. Prison should allow prisoners to live fulfilling lives while there in prison. Prison rape should not be a fact of life in prison. Prison should not dehumanise prisoners. Prison should guard all rights of prisoners (apart from freedom of movement). Prisoners can’t be forced to do work or even follow a routine. Etc.

    Unfortanutely, it seems things are so fucked up that not many have time to seriously fight for prisoner’s rights (including me).












  • My background in is in Islam, not Christianity. This doesn’t answer your question but I hope it is helpful.

    Most opinions in Islam are that: it is not a sin to read pagan texts or texts from other religions, but it is highly discouraged for non-experts in Islam, as, for example, it may weaken their belief in Islam. Many Muslim prostelyzers, for example, extensively read non-Islamic texts to help them convert other people to Islam.

    However, I think a distinction is usually made between mythical texts and religious texts. Many believe that it is no sin to read Greek mythology because they see them as just fixtional stories, but that it is a sin or it is discourged to read the Torah or the Bible.