For a group of men in a Texas prison, the fantasy game became a lifeline — to their imaginations, and to one another.

  • Andy@slrpnk.net
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    1 year ago

    My point is that the suffering is wildly unnecessary. It’s not a statement endorsing their life choices.

    These notions aren’t wild. Christians have been asserting that everyone is of the same worth in god’s eyes for 2000 years, and the folks who founded the United States went out of their way to ban punishments that were cruel in the 8th amendment to the bill of rights. I’m just saying that hearing anyone could be legally locked in a room for weeks at a time feels about as deranged as animal abuse. It’s just nuts, Our reaction shouldn’t depend in any way on what the targets of torture did beforehand.

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      Again, my problem isn’t with torture being bad.

      My problem is you referring to them like scared puppies. They are not.