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...single stroke, the gangs have fulfilled two of Governor James' dearest campaign promises: saving money (inmates, when chained, require fewer guards) and getting tough with criminals. Fortunately, today's crews do not have to wear the heavy ankle irons that used to cause "shackle poison" (the new, handcuff-like shackles are made of lighter metals). Nor, in theory, will the men have to endure the overwork, beatings and disease that led to death rates as high as 45% among "classic" chain gangs. Still, working on a '90s-style gang is no picnic: inmates will be toiling through 12-hour workdays...
...fact that a tolerant government is actually providing its hideous adversaries with resources they should never have access to. The method of generously distributing weapons and training in the name of creating an environment where weapons are used properly, instead of taking them all away, is just like drinking poison to quench one's thirst; ammunition flows almost smoothly into the hands of the very people that the rifle program intends to control. Moreover, some talk show hosts are advocating the job of introduction of more fragile souls into the realm of hatred and violence. Freedom of speech, here...
...manager, said it was dropping Koernke's Intelligence Report because "we've got to get the gasoline off the fires." And the Michigan Militia ousted its leader, Norman Olson, for issuing an unauthorized press release pinning the Oklahoma bombing on "the Japanese." Their alleged motive: retaliation for the U.S. poison-gas attack on the Tokyo subway system, which was itself part of America's subversive campaign against the overly strong...
...They [politicians] exploit the anger and poison the public discourse," Brown said. "This is what allows things like Oklahoma to occur...
...PAST 12 YEARS, ON THE SIDEWALK next to my company's Tokyo headquarters, an elderly gentleman, Harukichi Watanabe, ran a small shoe-repair stand. Secretaries as well as corporate executives would leave their shoes each day for repair. After the poison-gas attack, I noticed on my arrival at the building that his stand was closed and flowers and gifts had been left there. I was told he had been killed in the subway disaster. To my surprise, when I picked up my copy of Time, on your index page I saw a picture of Watanabe lying on the subway...