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<blockquote data-quote="pacdidj" data-source="post: 5443688" data-attributes="member: 86793">Come on, really? No sympathy at all? I remember this kind of sentiment being frequently voiced when this story first broke, but I really don't understand it. Okay, so the guy's a prisoner; he certainly committed a serious crime. And I don't know all the details of his particular case but, can't you imagine a different world where someone did something heinous to your sister and you decided to take the law into your own hands, thereby landing yourself in a cell? What would you do to pass the time there? Stare at bricks in the wall?I only mean to say that prisoners are people too, and the guy's already doing a life sentence. That's pretty harsh punishment in and of itself, without being made worse by cruel and arbitrary &quot;security measures&quot; enacted by the prison staff. Further, I'm sure the &quot;naughty nerds&quot; angle that the news media is so fond of bringing up played no small part in Captain Muraski's decision to confiscate Singer's campaign notes. For my money this just looks like officially sanctioned, needlessly punitive nerd abuse.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pacdidj, post: 5443688, member: 86793"] Come on, really? No sympathy at all? I remember this kind of sentiment being frequently voiced when this story first broke, but I really don't understand it. Okay, so the guy's a prisoner; he certainly committed a serious crime. And I don't know all the details of his particular case but, can't you imagine a different world where someone did something heinous to [I]your [/I]sister and you decided to take the law into your own hands, thereby landing yourself in a cell? What would you do to pass the time there? Stare at bricks in the wall? I only mean to say that prisoners are people too, and the guy's already doing a life sentence. That's pretty harsh punishment in and of itself, without being made worse by cruel and arbitrary "security measures" enacted by the prison staff. Further, I'm sure the "naughty nerds" angle that the news media is so fond of bringing up played no small part in Captain Muraski's decision to confiscate Singer's campaign notes. For my money this just looks like officially sanctioned, needlessly punitive nerd abuse. [/QUOTE]

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