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An interesting hypothesis. Although I think the prison-industrial complex and keeping The People scared (either of all the dangerous loons that have to be locked up, or of being locked up, depending on how perceptive the person in question is) is more compelling as reasons go...

- Jake

Friends come and go. Enemies accumulate.

by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Sun Feb 22nd, 2009 at 06:37:08 AM EST
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