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This is in response to Margje Wittenberg's blog on Susan Boyle:

A lot of talk has been about the fact that she is famous right now is because point blankly, people did not expect it of her because of her appearance. People just saw her and thought...oh this old fat lady who is unattractive? What can she possibly have to offer? And its sad. And unfortunately, I think thats why everyone is in awe of her. It's really sad. When she came out the camera went to everyones disgusted faces. Anyways, theres some really good articles about it:http://www.feministing.com/archives/014975.htmlhttp://jezebel.com/5215015/susan-boyle-has-come-to-save-us-from-our-shallowness

This is in response to Miss Demeaners blog (I dont know her name) on Prisons:

Most people reoffend because prison ONLY keeps criminals off the street. I hate that people think "oh well, take criminals off the street and put them in jail. They will learn their lesson!" In my opinion, if you take criminals like robbers, thieves, or what not, or domestic violence abusers or fighters, you have to change their condition in society and the way they think. And yes, a lot of people are leaving shitty conditions and going to prisons/jails where they are way better. Thats inevitable. Most people that commit crimes arent living lavish lives. In order to make conditions so bad that they would never commit another crime..well I just think you would have to make prison inhumane. Which is another conversation.

As far as pedophiles, yes, they are repeat offenders. Its sad. Once again, because just putting someone in jail doesnt change their problem. Pedophiles need psychological help. Throwing them out on the streets and making them live away from children wont do it. And they have rights. Everyone has rights. We cant just say...oh well pedophiles should never be let out of jail and they shouldnt be able to live in neighborhoods...where in the hell will they go? Pedophiles maybe should get stricter sentences, and so should rapists in my opinion. I agree that we need to do something else with pedophiles though because this cant continue, but no one knows what to do.

And the commenter above said perhaps tougher punishments would leave us to feeling safer and such. No, criminals will always exist. Especially when your talking about thieves because our society is capitalistic and consumerist. I think that actually has a lot of do with the rise of robbery and stealing. As a society (Britain and America) we value things much more and people steal when they dont have. Just my theory.