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posted by
Rosetree
on June 8, 2006 at 9:04 AM
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Wonderful tongue in cheek stuff... very believable! LOL Sandi
posted by
Sandra_Harris
on August 21, 2005 at 8:06 PM
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Read my latest entry, dude!
posted by
Mademoiselle
on July 22, 2005 at 5:37 AM
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Looking forward to your next entry
Just dropped by to encourage you to write a bit, P. O. There are a lot of people who find your wit very endearing. Hope to see you update soon.
posted by
Joe_Love
on July 21, 2005 at 7:25 PM
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Madame P.O.,
Meaningful correspondence can be a great help to those in need. Thanks for your feedback. My blog has been updated for further clarity.
Ann.
posted by
A-and-B
on July 18, 2005 at 3:10 PM
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Benny-the-door...
I think you might have given this a little too much thought.
P.S. Way to double post!
posted by
Mademoiselle
on July 18, 2005 at 4:46 AM
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An exaggeration but a fair point i'm sure
However i'd prefer rehabilitation to blind vengeance, when that only serves to make the prisoner bitter and alienated thus more likely to harm people when returned to society. If the point of prison is to protect the community, all p[risoners should either be locked up until they die, or they should be rehabilitated. A middle way of outright punishment (loss of liberty is worst punishment a human can endure anyway) for vengeful reasons doesn't say very much about society and will ultimately harm society. If a thirst for revenge is more important than a safer society then so be it.
Churchill once said "you can judge how civilised a society is by how it treats its prisoners."
posted by
Benny-the-door
on July 17, 2005 at 9:31 AM
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An exaggeration but a fair point i'm sure
However i'd prefer rehabilitation to blind vengeance, when that only serves to make the prisoner bitter and alienated thus more likely to harm people when returned to society. If the point of prison is to protect the community, all p[risoners should either be locked up until they die, or they should be rehabilitated. A middle way of outright punishment (loss of liberty is worst punishment a human can endure anyway) for vengeful reasons doesn't say very much about society and will ultimately harm society. If a thirst for revenge that is more important than a safer society then so be it.
Churchill once said "you can judge how civilised a society is by how it treats its prisoners."
posted by
Benny-the-door
on July 17, 2005 at 9:31 AM
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Well, anthony1wiley,
at least your country's health care system is light years ahead of ours (or, so I've been told).
Thank you for the kind words.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on July 17, 2005 at 3:51 AM
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Madame P.O.
Cher Madame, you have made my day. lol I am so happy I got off my fat eyes and went searching for ya. Was like finding a jewel.
We got the same system up here in Canuckland.
posted by
WileyJohn
on July 16, 2005 at 9:26 AM
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Such wonderful ironies are...
what makes the world go 'round, Straightforward.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on July 16, 2005 at 3:59 AM
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Thank you, Pat B!
What a lovely compliment!
posted by
Mademoiselle
on July 16, 2005 at 3:57 AM
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I so agree, Joe Love!
Excellent and insightful observation!
posted by
Mademoiselle
on July 16, 2005 at 3:54 AM
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Yikes, SillySoul!
Even
I wouldn't recommend anyone joining a "prison pen pal" service.
When I was 14, I corresponded with a girl from Germany. However, sadly, the communication gap proved too hard to overcome. Probably be much easier now.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on July 16, 2005 at 3:53 AM
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No offense taken, Hemlocker.
I will say that I, personally, am always pleased when strong, opinionated women make their voices heard. Even, someone like Ann Coulter.
And, no, I am definitely not married.
Madamoiselle, huh? Has a certain ring to it, I suppose.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on July 16, 2005 at 3:46 AM
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That's a further evolution of the revolving door prison system indeed
-expecting a prisoner who received advice to give advice
posted by
Straightforward
on July 16, 2005 at 1:03 AM
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your time served...
was def. well spent. Thanks for visiting my white Buick story -- considering the range and depth of your imagination, I'm pleased that I could surprise you even a little bit. I'm looking forward to visiting you again, and many other of your regular readers are my faves, as well. Thanks for the fun.
posted by
Pat_B
on July 15, 2005 at 6:23 PM
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What an absolutely inspirational letter, Madame!
It brought tears to my eyes! It just goes to show how paranoid parents make our children these days! Why SHOULD we automatically assume that a stranger offering candy to children is a BAD thing!!
posted by
Joe_Love
on July 15, 2005 at 4:33 PM
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Hmmm
For a while I ran a non profit organation for pen pal/ advice to prisoner, some of the letter and photo's were quite intresting. ~Silly
posted by
SillySoul88
on July 15, 2005 at 1:12 PM
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madame
I read your "about me" page. I don't have one for reasons obvious to me, if no one else. I think you are a misnomer, however; unless you are married (at the tender age of 20), you should be madamoiselle. Hemlocker
posted by
Hemlocker
on July 15, 2005 at 12:50 PM
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madame
You are a serious threat to the ascendancy of Ann Coulter. I mean that with respect. Hemlocker
posted by
Hemlocker
on July 15, 2005 at 12:45 PM
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I don't know ...
um,
yes?
posted by
Mademoiselle
on July 15, 2005 at 10:09 AM
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Madame P.O.
This is a serious topic! And the questions will never get answered! Because, once you cause "wanton" harm to another human being! Does your obligation to humankind end?
posted by
Glennb
on July 15, 2005 at 10:01 AM
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I had not seen "Timmy Writes Home From Scout Camp"
(Krisles Can't Help But Think Too Much 7/9/05). I suspect I missed it because it was posted on a weekend.
It
is excellent. I especially love how "Timmy" maintains the same casual, "matter-of-fact" tone, even when slipping the "payoff" sentence in. One of the real struggles for humor writers is resisting the natural tendency to "announce the jokes".
posted by
Mademoiselle
on July 15, 2005 at 7:55 AM
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Madame P.O.
Well, I am so honored to be on that list...and I do the same thing...but you could sure never look stupid! Just the name alone is a hoot!!
posted by
Krisles
on July 15, 2005 at 7:47 AM
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Oh, no, Krisles,
there's a list of people I try to read every day (which includes you and blackcat). Often, I don't leave comments because, to be perfectly honest, I can't think of anything clever to say. And, I so fear looking "all stupid".
posted by
Mademoiselle
on July 15, 2005 at 7:36 AM
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Madame... LOL
posted by
-blackcat
on July 15, 2005 at 7:20 AM
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Madame P.O.
Hysterical....I love this kind of humor and you are so creative. I don't know if you always leave comments but suspect you would have if you read my 7/9 EE blog because it a letter from scout camp kinda like along this humor line(not my own -I'm not nearly this creative!)..you might go read it if you run out of laughing at yourself! Thanks so much for this. I do love social commentary wrapped in humor..will be sharing this one.
posted by
Krisles
on July 15, 2005 at 7:10 AM
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Okaaaay!
Well, thanks for the cheap "comments" bump! If only obtaining clicks were so easy.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on July 15, 2005 at 6:54 AM
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now i look pyschotic.... it is there..... hmmm. i should go now.
posted by
mmm-w
on July 15, 2005 at 6:46 AM
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what the hell??? i just commented you, where did it go????
posted by
mmm-w
on July 15, 2005 at 6:46 AM
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no...
just enough to keep me healthy and stop me from being giddy and ridiculous :)
posted by
mmm-w
on July 15, 2005 at 6:45 AM
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Thank you, dear.
Although, try not to wallow in depression
too much.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on July 15, 2005 at 6:40 AM
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LOL.... i am all for redemption but wow... not in that case. i can't even imagine... very funny stuff though! esp. in regards to his voices changing their tune... nice.... lol, and the fruit basket. the more i think about it the more i laugh so i must deter my thoughts on to that of a more depressing topic.
posted by
mmm-w
on July 15, 2005 at 6:33 AM
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