The other day, I had the fun of explaining the Castle Doctrine, stand-your-ground and Trayvon Martin’s murder to my 13-year-old. Just a couple of days ago, we talked about how the U.S. is, as far as I know, the only Western country to regularly use capital punishment and that even Anders Breivik wasn’t given the death penalty for what he did. We had to talk about how the American penal system is almost entirely punitive and not at all rehabilitative.
I fucking love having to explain how much this country sucks to my daughter on a regular basis.
The other day, I had the fun of explaining the Castle Doctrine, stand-your-ground and Trayvon Martin’s murder to my 13-year-old. Just a couple of days ago, we talked about how the U.S. is, as far as I know, the only Western country to regularly use capital punishment and that even Anders Breivik wasn’t given the death penalty for what he did. We had to talk about how the American penal system is almost entirely punitive and not at all rehabilitative.
I fucking love having to explain how much this country sucks to my daughter on a regular basis.
That’s terrible. How to ever begin to explain? The US is pretty crazy.
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