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LoZoccolo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-31-11 04:34 PM
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Poll question: Should inmates be allowed to view pornography?
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Electric Monk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-31-11 04:34 PM
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1. Hmm, I wonder what inspired this?
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CTyankee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-31-11 04:35 PM
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2. Good question. Who cares?
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-31-11 04:50 PM
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11. At least he's not asking if poor people should buy potato chips with their food stamps again
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CTyankee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-31-11 05:05 PM
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16. I just can't stand these posts...I shouldn't have even responded to this one.
The end. No mas.
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Electric Monk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-31-11 05:43 PM
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19. For the OP to actually answer my query would be very uncharacteristic of them
and I'm sure most here know what I mean by that.

Anyone who has been paying attention knows the OP's "style" with threads like this.
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CTyankee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-31-11 06:37 PM
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20. all right. I'm fine now. It's just a bit of an annoyance.
I won't raise a fuss...just an annoyance...
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-01-11 04:14 AM
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21. ...
:hug:
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-31-11 04:49 PM
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8. Some right wing meme that prisoners are housed in country clubs, no doubt
Must irritate people that they can read Playboy.
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Angleae Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-01-11 05:13 AM
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22. Because the ACLU wants it allowed in S.Carolina
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/national_world&id=8162220
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damntexdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-31-11 04:37 PM
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3. Yes, inmates should be allowed to view prison porn on MSNBC just like anyone else.
Though why anyone would want to ...

;-)
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Motown_Johnny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-31-11 04:38 PM
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4. violent criminals? sex offenders? pot smokers?

I can't just say "inmate" and give a one size fits all answer.


I think maybe it could be something along the lines of a reward for trustees, so long as they were not convicted of a violent crime or a sex offense.
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-31-11 04:42 PM
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5. As long as they're not ALSO playing Dungeons and Dragons.
Dungeons & Dragons Prison Ban Upheld
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/27/us/27dungeons.html

Inmates should have to choose between one or the other.
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0rganism Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-31-11 04:48 PM
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6. Gotta say... a life sentence could translate to one helluva D&D campaign
"Prisoner" is pretty much an ideal occupation for the aspiring DM.
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-31-11 04:50 PM
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9. "Dude, don't rape the dungeon master. Seriously. You'll be rolling a new P.C. every week." n/t
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d_r Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-31-11 04:49 PM
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7. Where do you think they are?
Edited on Tue May-31-11 04:49 PM by d_r
In prison?
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-31-11 04:51 PM
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12. Aside from Farmville and porn, few things will keep a person quietly in a room for hours. n/t
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LiberalLoner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-31-11 04:50 PM
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10. I learned for the first time by watching the MSNBC shows, inmates are not
allowed to masturbate. It seems to me that sex is such an innate drive, that to not allow normal expression of this drive is cruel and unusual punishment. I don't see what harm the prisoners do, in their own cell, if they masturbate. I guess I just don't get prison rules entirely.
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-31-11 04:52 PM
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13. They should be setting aside time for that like they do exercise in the yard. n/t
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LiberalLoner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-31-11 04:54 PM
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14. Well, look, I know I probably sound ridiculous, and I don't mean to offend
any delicate sensibilities out there either, but really...expecting a guy serving a lifetime prison sentence to never masturbate even one time? It just doesn't seem realistic and I think it is something that goes against basic human needs. I'm sorry, I just feel that sex is a need. You won't die from not having it, but it is still a basic drive and need humans have.
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-31-11 04:58 PM
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15. That, and if you wait for nature to run its course, it runs it all over your sheets while you sleep.
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originalpckelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-31-11 05:39 PM
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18. They may not be allowed to, but then again they're not allowed to forcibly rape one another.
Just sayin'.
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Obamanaut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-31-11 05:35 PM
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17. They do. nt
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