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bounty44 -> RE: Finally, a repub (pres.) solution to our penal system (10/19/2015 2:15:20 PM)
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except for mickelson isn't really talking about slavery in the simplistic way the leftist author presents it.
(this from the same source of people who believe dylann roof was a right wing terrorist and that George W. bush wasn't president on sept 11)
both mickelson's question of “wouldn’t that be a better choice?”, and Huckabee's response of “well, it really would be” follow mickelson's statement of “We indenture them and they have to spend their time not sitting on their stump in a jail cell, they’re supposed to be working off the debt.”
"indenture" doesn't mean "selling criminals into slavery." its clear from the context, despite the reference to exodus, they are referring to a written agreement/contract, in this case enforced by law, where the criminal is beholden to the victim for compensation. very much like, I imagine, the garnishment of wages for certain crimes/penalties.
its laughable that anyone would think otherwise, or that Huckabee is advocating real slavery.
that said, does anyone actually think its a bad idea for criminals to have to pay back their victims?
and as for "for profit" prisons---is there something written in stone that says the government has to be the sole proprietor of prisons? on the whole, who does things better, the government or the private sector?
I cannot speak to prisons being a "pagan invention" but no, Christianity is not a pagan religion---that's an absolute contradiction of terms.
to the point, while there have been, and still are, pagan accoutrements/influences in the practice of Christianity, the whole of the faith is founded on the deity of Christ, and that remains, despite all else, its essence.
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