Tuesday, February 01, 2005
I Just Killed Someone, Now Where's My Pizza?!
This story about prisoners in Mexico getting pissy about being denied their illegal rights just cracks me up.
Deprived of their flat-screen TV's, mobile phones, pizza deliveries and long visits from lovers, inmates at Mexico's top security prison complained on Monday they are being treated "like dogs."
Wow, that's harsh. Not letting convicted murderers in a top security prison live like free men... what are those prison officials thinking?!
A government crackdown in prisons, aimed especially at drug lords and other violent criminals, has the prisoners of La Palma jail close to Mexico City up in arms at the "subhuman" conditions they face.
"Subhuman"? I know it sucks to be without your cell phone, but come on! Is this prison full of drama queens? Do they not remember the 80's when no one had a cell phone (and if they did were too embarrassed to carry it because it was bigger then their head)? Anyway, apparently these guys paid for a full page advertisement (hey, that sounds familiar) demanding that their human rights be respected... and that they wanted the right to buy their choice of soft drink from the prison store. Can you almost hear me rolling my eyes here? I didn't realize that soft drinks were a human right. They have food, shelter and clothing. Sounds to me like their "human rights" are covered, considering the amount of law abiding people that don't even have that.
The advertisement then goes on to say:
(prisoners) claim hooded guards are now torturing them. They say they are only being served one cold meal a day, at 1 a.m.
"People dressed in black, blue and gray, covering their faces with ski masks, constantly come into our cells and hit us and kick us, telling us that for real social rehabilitation, we have to obey orders and we are only going to understand that through violence," the prisoners said.
"This is degrading us, treating us like dogs, like animals, like we are worthless, telling us that we are in this place to be severely punished because we are the scum of society," they said.
I'm sorry, but if these guys had flat screen TV's, cell phones, pizza deliveries and conjugal visits, I find it hard to believe that masked men are, all of a sudden and for no apparent reason, coming into their cells and beating the crap out of them. You know, just for fun. And the fact that they are upset about being told that they are there "to be severely punished because we are the scum of society"... it's ridiculous. What, are their feelings hurt? You would think that by being in prison, they would have a better concept of reality than most people.
I don't know how many times I can say it! You cannot claim that your rights are being denied when they just aren't "rights" to being with.
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