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minus-squareMyxomatosis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up50arrow-down1·3 months ago“The true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable members.” - Gandhi
minus-squareLucidlethargy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down3·3 months agoGhandi was pretty fucked up, and we probably shouldn’t be quoting the guy.
minus-squareSuckMyWang@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down56·3 months agoA criminal is basically someone who wronged or oppressed someone else. I wouldn’t consider them vulnerable. Still a shitty way to treat prisoners
minus-squarelolcatnip@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·3 months agoA prisoner is not necessarily a criminal, and a criminal has not necessarily hurt anyone. But people who are completely at the mercy of some sadistic prison guards are vulnerable as hell.
minus-squareSaltySalamander@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up22·3 months agoPray you’re never unjustly locked away.
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·3 months agoTell that to people jailed for weed.
“The true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable members.” - Gandhi
Ghandi was pretty fucked up, and we probably shouldn’t be quoting the guy.
Yeah, like the nukes
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A criminal is basically someone who wronged or oppressed someone else. I wouldn’t consider them vulnerable. Still a shitty way to treat prisoners
A prisoner is not necessarily a criminal, and a criminal has not necessarily hurt anyone. But people who are completely at the mercy of some sadistic prison guards are vulnerable as hell.
Pray you’re never unjustly locked away.
Tell that to people jailed for weed.