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We
jail the people who pollute themselves
but not the ones who pollute the air and
the
water and the land.
We jail the people for killing another person in anger or by accident but not
the
people who profit off the death of thousands.
We jail the people who steal thousands but not those who steal billions.
Where's the sense in this?
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This
morning on NPR's Morning Edition they sent
reporters to a whitest-than-white
suburban enclave of Ferguson, Missouri
and elicited their opinions on the local
unrest. Guess who's side they were on?
C'mon, GUESS!
For the record, I threw an avocado pit
at the radio. I got Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson
right between the eyes.
=Lefty=
(All comments are moderated. Believe
me, it's necessary.)
He: The U.S. has the most prisoners, per capita, in the world! This
is outrageous! We need to change the laws so that...
She: Okay, but what if those jails were full of polluters, war profiteers,
and Wall Street bankers?
He: Why do you torment me like this?
She: I just like to see if you're listening.
And ivory traders and rhino poachers and whale hunters and sex traffickers
and Fox News executives and climate change deniers and TV evangelists
and baby seal killers and net neutrality opponents and the RIAA and
Dick Cheney.
We
jail the people who pollute themselves
but not the ones who pollute the air and
the
water and the land.
This
morning on NPR's Morning Edition they sent
reporters to a whitest-than-white
suburban enclave of Ferguson, Missouri
and elicited their opinions on the local
unrest. Guess who's side they were on?
C'mon, GUESS!
