On Fri, 26 Oct 2001, Faustine wrote:

Yep. So why not do a little something about it? I've been donating books to a local women's prison for awhile: Ayn Rand, history books, old textbooks, etc. can go a long, long way. Go to the local library sale and load up on the fifty cent hardbacks, ten cent classic paperbacks--such a small investment when you think of the good that might come of it. Magazine subscriptions are probably worth looking into, too. I was meaning to do that myself, thanks for the reminder.

Of course "what you REALLY need" is in the eye of the beholder, but if more literate, concerned people at least made an effort to get what THEY would want to read into the prisons,it could only be a good thing.

I'll never know if I made a difference, but it's the idea that counts.

If you want to "make a difference", why not spend those dollars at a prison rights organization?

~Faustine.

-- Yours, J.A. Terranson sysadmin@mfn.org If Governments really want us to behave like civilized human beings, they should give serious consideration towards setting a better example: Ruling by force, rather than consensus; the unrestrained application of unjust laws (which the victim-populations were never allowed input on in the first place); the State policy of justice only for the rich and elected; the intentional abuse and occassionally destruction of entire populations merely to distract an already apathetic and numb electorate... This type of demogoguery must surely wipe out the fascist United States as surely as it wiped out the fascist Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The views expressed here are mine, and NOT those of my employers, associates, or others. Besides, if it *were* the opinion of all of those people, I doubt there would be a problem to bitch about in the first place... --------------------------------------------------------------------