Thanks for taking the time for another great video. Maybe do a video on readjusting to civilian life. Old prison habits you still have, people you've seen released then come back to prison and why, difficulties one faces branded an ex-felon etc. To me, those aspects don't get talked about enough in general. I was thinking yesterday "what would things be like for me if I just did 10 years and all of a sudden I'm free , standing right here." It was a scary thought but made feel thankful for what I have and also motivated me. It motivated me because often I do just enough and don't take full advantage of my freedom. Thanks again
Sure thing Dave, I've thought about that subject a lot so I'ld be glad to do a video on it. PTSD and institutionalization are insidious. They creep into your every day habits. Furthermore, being an ex-felon closes a lot of doors to you.
I only did 2 years...I saw the guards fuk up alot of people but they were very nice to me. Some of the inmates were pissed that i was so respectful to them but I feared the guards more than the inmates. I got green lit from another yard for refusing to pass drugs and a guard i was cool with was able to get me transferred far away so by the time news hit I was already released.
I recall a documentary about the holocaust, a Dutch man recounted a train that arrived at a platform just before his passenger train, the train was of course carrying Jews on their way to one of the many extermination camps. He said he thought a while about what he was seeing, imagined how he could perhaps do something, tackle a guard, grab his machine pistol, fight them. It ticked over in his head these scenarios of action he could take, all of them would lead to him being killed, and eventually the train pulled away and left. He stood and watched. He the said, 'and this is the way in which they involved you in the guilt of their crime'.
A harsh reality for that man to face. I recall a story of a man on a train in Japan who began menacing passengers with a knife. Another passenger, an elderly man, spoke with the knife wielder for about 15 minutes as the train rode on. He gave the other passengers time to move away from the knife wielder. The man with the knife even turned himself into authorities at the next station. It later came out that the elderly man was a martial artist of significant skill. He had elected to speak with the man rather than use force to gain control of the knife. There are many flavors of "doing nothing". The elderly man in Japan could perhaps have done more, gained control of the situation faster. Instead, his action was deliberate, he preserved life as well he could. The man in Germany, watching the train full of Jews pull away lacked the capacity to preserve life. Instead, he bore witness.
I left a link just below for you. In case UA-cam deletes it, the article ran Sunday, November 21, in the Washington Examiner. The author is Matthew Barnett, and the title is "There's a solution to mass incarceration: Rehabilitation."
The bottom line is, mind your business. In Every type of scenario. Even though he was a cop telling on cops. He’s still a rat he should have kept the blinders on and kept it moving. A rat is a rat is a rat.
Very interesting and disturbing to watch.. I often see people abuse their power and Seldom do anything about it. Occasionally I do speak or stand up to them . But mostly I don't. Sometimes I am compelled to stand up to abuse of power or injustice but I don't know what triggers that in me. I believe it's when I act instinctively.. I have on occasion stood up for my friends and it cost me dearly..in fact it changed my life drastically. Nothing compared to what you went threw. I quickly realised they were not friends at all just aquaintents that wouldn't piss on me if I was on fire. Lesson learned... You could easily stand up for someone that couldn't give a monkeys if you live or die.. Maybe that's why I am a wee bit more careful about who I stand up for..
Thanks for sharing the other half of the advice I gave. You're right, standing up for others is brave and noble. But doing so without temperance isn't brave, it's just foolish.
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Nice upload keep up the good work
Thanks for taking the time for another great video.
Maybe do a video on readjusting to civilian life. Old prison habits you still have, people you've seen released then come back to prison and why, difficulties one faces branded an ex-felon etc.
To me, those aspects don't get talked about enough in general.
I was thinking yesterday "what would things be like for me if I just did 10 years and all of a sudden I'm free , standing right here." It was a scary thought but made feel thankful for what I have and also motivated me. It motivated me because often I do just enough and don't take full advantage of my freedom.
Thanks again
Sure thing Dave, I've thought about that subject a lot so I'ld be glad to do a video on it.
PTSD and institutionalization are insidious. They creep into your every day habits.
Furthermore, being an ex-felon closes a lot of doors to you.
Great message. Thank you.
I only did 2 years...I saw the guards fuk up alot of people but they were very nice to me. Some of the inmates were pissed that i was so respectful to them but I feared the guards more than the inmates. I got green lit from another yard for refusing to pass drugs and a guard i was cool with was able to get me transferred far away so by the time news hit I was already released.
I recall a documentary about the holocaust, a Dutch man recounted a train that arrived at a platform just before his passenger train, the train was of course carrying Jews on their way to one of the many extermination camps. He said he thought a while about what he was seeing, imagined how he could perhaps do something, tackle a guard, grab his machine pistol, fight them. It ticked over in his head these scenarios of action he could take, all of them would lead to him being killed, and eventually the train pulled away and left. He stood and watched.
He the said, 'and this is the way in which they involved you in the guilt of their crime'.
A harsh reality for that man to face.
I recall a story of a man on a train in Japan who began menacing passengers with a knife. Another passenger, an elderly man, spoke with the knife wielder for about 15 minutes as the train rode on. He gave the other passengers time to move away from the knife wielder. The man with the knife even turned himself into authorities at the next station.
It later came out that the elderly man was a martial artist of significant skill. He had elected to speak with the man rather than use force to gain control of the knife.
There are many flavors of "doing nothing". The elderly man in Japan could perhaps have done more, gained control of the situation faster. Instead, his action was deliberate, he preserved life as well he could. The man in Germany, watching the train full of Jews pull away lacked the capacity to preserve life. Instead, he bore witness.
I left a link just below for you. In case UA-cam deletes it, the article ran Sunday, November 21, in the Washington Examiner. The author is Matthew Barnett, and the title is "There's a solution to mass incarceration: Rehabilitation."
The bottom line is, mind your business. In Every type of scenario. Even though he was a cop telling on cops. He’s still a rat he should have kept the blinders on and kept it moving. A rat is a rat is a rat.
Very interesting and disturbing to watch..
I often see people abuse their power and Seldom do anything about it.
Occasionally I do speak or stand up to them . But mostly I don't.
Sometimes I am compelled to stand up to abuse of power or injustice but I don't know what triggers that in me.
I believe it's when I act instinctively.. I have on occasion stood up for my friends and it cost me dearly..in fact it changed my life drastically. Nothing compared to what you went threw.
I quickly realised they were not friends at all just aquaintents that wouldn't piss on me if I was on fire.
Lesson learned...
You could easily stand up for someone that couldn't give a monkeys if you live or die..
Maybe that's why I am a wee bit more careful about who I stand up for..
Thanks for sharing the other half of the advice I gave. You're right, standing up for others is brave and noble. But doing so without temperance isn't brave, it's just foolish.