Δαφνη Ευτυχια Αρθουρος

From the PBS television show Now, episode, "Maximum Capacity", aired 2007-06-01, about prison overcrowding, and an Illinois program to reduce recidivism:

David Brancaccio, host of Now: "What do you say to somebody who says, 'Look, prison is for punishment; if you do something wrong, you should go in there and have a really bad time -- that will act as a deterrent, so that when you get out, you don't do your crimes again'?"

Michael Rothwell, warden, Sheridan Correctional Center: "Well, that's a thorny debate, when you talk about the notion of punishment. Eventually, these guys are going to get out, and they're going to be behind you in the Wal-Mart line, or in the grocery store. Do you want us to do nothing for them to change the way they've been behaving for the past twenty years or so, or do you want us to try to make a change so that when they do come out, they're able to contribute to the community rather than take away from it? Most people say, 'I would rather you do something, than do nothing.'"

Okay, I think I can manage to not adopt this as Yet Another Project I'll Never Get Around To, since I'm not a quilter (so I'll hope that my mentioning it will incite someone more into fiber arts to take it on instead): hearing the phrase "sowing chaos" made me think that I ah, someone, should concoct a design for a quilt that could rightly be called "sewing chaos". Something with an irregular, jagged border, as well as a properly chaotic pattern on the front.

Also, when I mentioned to anniemal that "Periwinkle is a funny word -- it sounds like it should mean 'around the winkle'", she replied, "Pubic hair!". So obviously, ah, 'someone', needs to find some periwinkle hair dye ...

Hmm. I wonder how different the result would have been (and in what direction) if I hadn't deleted the interests in my profile in protest over the Strikethrough2007 kerfuffle and the official excuse that 6A thought "interests" specifically meant "stuff I like and approve of", and replaced them with just "censorship", "freedom of speech", and "nothing illegal".

(I've heard of folks doing the same thing out of fear that their interests would get them in trouble. I wasn't worried about mine, as I figured by the time we were getting hassled for the 'more controversial' of mine it would mean we were a good bit farther along the Neimoller progression. I deleted my interests in protest, not out of fear: 'if they're going to use the interests list that way and not in the ways LJ users have found useful, I'll make it not useful to them either, and replace it with a political statement.' I have not yet decided whether to restore the old list; I have a longer essay to write about interpretations of 6A's actions and the process (and prerequisites) of re-growing trust, and what I'm still making up my mind about.)

FWIW, my old interests list on my profile was:

"friendly", arisia, available light photography, bach, baitcon, balticon, bass guitar, bdsm, bondage, books, celtic music, chastity belts, cheese, chocolate, classic rock, cognac, computers, cooking, darkover, double bass, early music, echo's children, english country dance, erotica, filk, freedom of speech, garb, gratuitous hugs, guitar, hp3000, infrared photography, linux, ljmaps_dglenn, macos, mahler, mandolin, markland, mead, medieval, music, odd music, oud, pentax, photography, polyamory, polyamoury, recorder, renaissance, sca, science, science fiction, science fiction conventions, science fiction fandom, scottish music, snow, stout, swords, the homespun ceilidh band, three left feet, thrir venstri foetr, thunderstorms, trs-80, unix, vivaldi.