Declan McCullagh wrote:
On Mon, Oct 22, 2001 at 11:32:19PM -0400, Steve Furlong wrote:
I can't sympathise much on this basis. A family member, a retired cop and the family shame, confirmed what I had suspected: that most people in jail are there because they couldn't keep their mouths shut --- on
Um, no. Many are there because they're (gasp) "drug criminals."
Oh, certainly. I should have left my post the way I first wrote it: "most criminals in jail...", distinguishing murderers and such from people who voluntarily use drugs and those who supply them. How about this version: Most malem in se convicts are in prison because they couldn't keep their mouths shut. -- Steve Furlong Computer Condottiere Have GNU, Will Travel 617-670-3793 "Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly while bad people will find a way around the laws." -- Plato