TheWalkingMan
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I agree, some sentences are racially unfair, and biased against the poorer population.
The very first reply to the topic and you have to play the race card. How quaint.
I do not agree with mandatory sentences for non-violent drug offenders, but just where do you come off saying that the laws are racially biased? The law is the law and if you are caught selling crack on the corner, then you are charged with the crime. The law is color blind. Or is you problem with the fact that most drug offenders in jail today in the US are black? If that's the case, then your assertion is baseless.
One of the issues with some drug laws, which appeared to be aimed at the African-American community, was the disparity in sentencing for those caught with cocaine vs those caught with crack. In the 80's the ratio was like 1 gram of crack was equal to 100 grams of cocaine with regards to allocated jail time. This was changed in 2011(?) to a ratio of 1 to 18.
That 1 to 100 ratio made people sit back and say... this is essentially cocaine so why the huge difference. Some felt that because crack was used mainly in black areas and cocaine was not, it was confirmation of a racially biased law with 1 gram of something being given the same rate of something 100 times bigger.
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I read that some municipalities have opened the prisons to private companies with a guaranteed occupancy rate of 90%. Any short fall is to be made up by the municipality. Horrible.
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The way he ignored the other two in the room suggests that something had been brewing for awhile and on that day he just said forget it. That little dance at the end looked like one of relief now that something big was completed.
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I recall watching The Amazing Race Asia and on two different seasons they had Thai competitors. One set was a couple of babes (I think they were models or some type of entertainment people) who did not like roughing it and the other was a guy and girl who, I believe, were just friends.
Anyway, the girl of the guy and girl team pretty much quit, but the guy wanted to fight it out and continue. The babes whinged a lot and did not put in any effort and were relieved to be eliminated.
Overall, I thought it was pretty weak of them to come on to a show where they know the circumstances and then either quit or not put in an effort.
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Japan next to last? That I do not believe. I see people on the train reading books, newspapers etc all the time. There are new and used bookstores all over the place and they seem to do a good trade.
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Mystery SCB Fee taken from my account - Annual fee?
in Jobs, Economy, Banking, Business, Investments
Kasokorn hit me up for 250 baht a couple of weeks ago. I received notification through their SMS system.