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talkpolitics2010-05-23 03:39 pm
http://users.livejournal.com/aviation_/) wrote in talkpolitics2010-05-23 03:39 pm
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Ignored Issues
Sometimes it really gets me down to see that people will talk certain issues to death (South Park?) but others seem to go relatively unmentioned in the great big scheme of things.
One of the issues that is most important to me is abolishment of the death penalty, prison reform, and the corruption within the US (specifically because it the only one I have a say it, but also worldwide) justice system. A lot of people say, "Yeah, I agree, but it's not at the top of my list." Why not? Do you feel so far removed from it? Is it because so relatively few executions take place in the US every year? Do believe the people in prison/death row "deserve it?" Do you believe that the innocent are so rarely wrongly convicted that focusing on it is like trying to find the cure for a disease only 100 people have when we still have cancer and AIDS? Do you think it is fair that those who get the death penalty and longer sentences are often those who maintain their innocent and refuse a plea bargain? They are often those with poor representation, like Jerry Guerinot. Do other issues just speak to your more? Obviously, we all have to pick and choose where we can devote our time.
It just seems to me our justice system's corruption and sporadic execution of our own citizens is a really big deal.
What do you consider to be issues that are often forgotten or "glossed over?" Especially if they are particularly important to you. Why do you think people ignore these issues? Do they go in and out of "fashion?"
One of the issues that is most important to me is abolishment of the death penalty, prison reform, and the corruption within the US (specifically because it the only one I have a say it, but also worldwide) justice system. A lot of people say, "Yeah, I agree, but it's not at the top of my list." Why not? Do you feel so far removed from it? Is it because so relatively few executions take place in the US every year? Do believe the people in prison/death row "deserve it?" Do you believe that the innocent are so rarely wrongly convicted that focusing on it is like trying to find the cure for a disease only 100 people have when we still have cancer and AIDS? Do you think it is fair that those who get the death penalty and longer sentences are often those who maintain their innocent and refuse a plea bargain? They are often those with poor representation, like Jerry Guerinot. Do other issues just speak to your more? Obviously, we all have to pick and choose where we can devote our time.
It just seems to me our justice system's corruption and sporadic execution of our own citizens is a really big deal.
What do you consider to be issues that are often forgotten or "glossed over?" Especially if they are particularly important to you. Why do you think people ignore these issues? Do they go in and out of "fashion?"