i didn’t know what to make of the following letter in todays metro. one Robyn Bennis writes:

I agree with letter writer A.Primavera (“No place for black prisoners in print,” Dec 17). Prisoners give up their right to “safety” the moment they’re convicted. Is prison a punishment or a daycare?
We need to endeavor to find ways to make prisons more dangerous, not less. Inmates should be kept in constant fear of being stabbed, clubbed or kicked to death.
The issue of who does what to whom is secondary. Whites versus minorities, stranglers versus ax murderers or shirts versus skins – it’s all the same in the end.
And if the prisoners ever refuse to fight each other, I have a modest proposal of my own: hungry, wild animals randomly released into their cells at night.

where do they find these people? and why do i see their drivel in print?
updated: removed the phone lookup. as doug pointed out, the evidence was not strong enough
update 2005-09-16: Robyn Bennis writes to tell me that it had all been satirical. That’s good to hear, although one might be excused for coming to false conclusions with all these idiots running around.

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