Oooh, 100th post, and a controversial one: what good does prison do?

I believe that people should face the consequences of their actions, but these actions often mirror the false/hypocritical hegemonic belief systems prevalent in society.

We say murder is wrong, then embark on a perpetual campaign of mass manslaughter.

We always put the word "extremist" next to "animal rights", implying that one who belives in animal rights is an extremist, and are still shocked, as if we are completly blameless, everytime some moron shoves a firework up a cat's backside.

The specific example I was thinking of recently is of, and this is hardly rare, the case where this guy killed his partner's four year old daugter. Prison, frankly, does not people behaving like monkeys (for example) who, before mating, "remove competetive genes" from the local gene pool in exactly the same way. This, unfortunately, is biology and prison would do no good if the person was put away for five years or fifty if in their heads (or their genes) removing competetors from the gene pool is the right thing to do.

The only feasable solution is to keep them away from women, if that actually is feasable.

The real problem is the patricarchal society which preaches the virtual ownership of women by men and that young children are almost "unpeople" who we can do what we like with.

The War on Terror-an analyisis by quoting a certain '90's sci-fi show.

"How about I call you an idiot in public so you can arrest me for revealing state secrets"
(season 2,Babylon 5)

"Only an idiot would fight a war on two fronts.
Only the heir to the Kingdom of the Idiots would fight a war on twelve."

"Always bet on stupidity"

(both season 3)