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Whatever else happens, I think we can all agree that this guy cannot be let out to walk the streets again any time soon.

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I don't think Jeremy Christian should be allowed to roam free. Nor do I think he is salvageable. However, we have a criminal justice system in Oregon that is increasingly dominated by progressives, who are hardly known for getting tough on violent offenders. (Check their 2019 legislative accomplishments.)

Last night I attended the Oregon Humanities' "Think & Drink" program on Democracy and the Courts. Among the flyers handed out was one from OregonDAforthePeople.com listing the six key areas they want the next DA to embrace. Among them: "Decline to prosecute individuals with mental health conditions."

If we don't prosecute violent mentally ill people, what do we do with them? Cut them loose? There is no magic pill or treatment to cure someone like Christian.

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Gosh, I wonder if we didn't hafta protect Global Capitalism, I wonder if we might slack off a bit, till we're like maybe number Two in the World (in arms/war spending), I wonder what we might do with that 'extra' three of four hundred Billion -- could we shovel some of that into helping people like Jeremy?

BEFORE the shit hits the fan?

We need to stop outspending the next, what is it, the next eight or nine countries, if you added up every dollar they spend -- all of them, put it in a big pot -- we still outspend that fucking Pot. Other countries who all, incidentally, have the same socialized Medicine that may have helped Jeremy, and kept his ass outta prison for ... however long it's gonna be for. What a Waste.

And now, we hafta pay people to feed and clothe this guy, possibly for fucking Decades. If we had invested in him, he mightta found something he was Good at and enjoyed doing, and got paid, and could be Proud of himself. And rightfully so....

Democratic Socialism means it's for We, the People -- not the Rich and not the Multi-national Corporations -- who dont Vote on a thing, it's all Top, Down, buddy -- it's either THEIR WAY or the goddamn Highway -- let's return the Power -- to US.


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