Comments on: Seeking An Epathethic Space: The Challenge of a Christian Witness in America

By: Lourens Laureti

Lourens Laureti — Mon, 22 Sep 2014 14:15:00 +0000

I agree with justice! But what is it really and why is there such a longing in us for it!

By: Widge Widge

Widge Widge — Sun, 07 Sep 2014 07:48:00 +0000

Nice dodge

By: Widge Widge

Widge Widge — Wed, 03 Sep 2014 19:15:00 +0000

Fair point

By: Frank6548

Frank6548 — Wed, 03 Sep 2014 15:57:00 +0000

Nowhere do prisoners have more rights then in the US. That’s exactly what I said before and that’s what I mean now.

So crime should not be color blind? We should look at the race of the criminal to decide if they get punished or not? Surely you are not saying that.

By: Frank6548

Frank6548 — Wed, 03 Sep 2014 15:55:00 +0000

Our justice system is not based on an eye for an eye.

By: Widge Widge

Widge Widge — Wed, 03 Sep 2014 05:13:00 +0000

I look forward to seeing franks evidence

By: Widge Widge

Widge Widge — Wed, 03 Sep 2014 05:11:00 +0000

I agree to a point but remember Jesus teaching against eye for an eye tooth for a tooth? It is a hard line to balance

By: John

John — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 21:38:00 +0000

The last time you said the justice system is the best in the world. I’m glad you’ve softened that to “one of”, as in the 200-page report I shared, the US ranked 27.

“Nowhere do prisoners have more rights.” The last time you said this, I gave a laundry list of how those rights have been systematically removed in the past 15 years or so. You claimed this was a sign of the system’s effectiveness.

Option 1: Prisoners have more rights than anywhere. There has been no reduction in rights.
Option 2: Prisoners have less rights than some other nations now. It is a sign of the system’s quality.

Could you please supply evidence with whichever option you choose to defend? Obviously, feel free to come up with a third option. I don’t mean to pigeon-hole you. You simply seem to have declared a dichotomy.

In case you are headed for the seemingly plausible, “There has been a reduction in rights, but they still have more than anyone else,” there is a lot of evidence against that assertion (some of it contained in the aforementioned 200-page report).

I also think it’s worth pointing out that the author is not claiming that prison should be “fun”. Nor is any commentator. What is being addressed is the US’s unimaginably high level of incarceration, particularly of people of colour.

By: Frank6548

Frank6548 — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 21:01:00 +0000

Our prison system is secular. And it dispenses secular justice. And it’s one the best ones in the world. Nowhere do prisoners have more rights.

Do the crime, do the time and no it’s not suppose to be fun.

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 18:57:00 +0000

Minor point, is the title supposed to say “empathetic” or is this a new vocab word I should teach myself?