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Zeus posted...

Try telling a homeless person that they choose to be homeless. I'm sure that'll go over well. However, by that reasoning, you could point out that people in prison have the ability to escape... not to mention they have the ability to legally secure their release through appeal or exoneration.

I 100% agree with Skardavnelnate.

And there is a huge diff between being homeless and being put in prison.

I was homeless at 16 when my mother kicked me out after I graduated (on my birthday btw).

I didn't HAVE to be homeless though, I had friends etc and could have asked to live with them. I had a scholarship I could have used as well (but I thought school was a waste). I did rent a storage locker, and used that a bit like a home (storing stuff there) but I lived on rooftops for a year, and was very anti-social (I mean more then I normally am hehe). I only stopped because my uncle had a wedding that that snapped me out of my hermit stage.

Homeless people can in generally stop being homeless if they want to, but part of being homeless can be the freedom, no need to work a job, no ties to a specific place etc. It's actually the OPPOSITE of being in jail, because to some degree in order to not be homeless, you have to tie yourself down to a job etc, and are basically forced to do things. It's very hard to be truly free, and maintain a home etc in todays world (although having your own job/buisiness etc can help with that).

If your homeless, you can travel anywhere, and sleep anywhere, you can explore new places, go out into nature, and just enjoy life.

If your in jail, your caged, have no control over your own life, are forced to live with ...well criminals (mostly..there are innocent people in there), and must spend huge amounts of time with nothing to do etc.

Caging an animal or a human is horrible, and yes, to some degree I consider it worse to do so then to actually kill (either of them). While i'm not saying just kill all criminals or people who are convicted, I do suggest that the option to be put to death for anyone with more than a 2 year sentence should be given.

If we improved the jails, and had real communities (that were enclosed and guarded) for people to live mostly normal lives in (just without access to the general public) that might be different. With the current state of most prisons though......it's extremely inhumane to force people to live in there for long periods of time.

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