Posted by alexandra_k on September 24, 2018, at 3:10:37
In reply to Re: Partlycloudy, posted by alexandra_k on September 24, 2018, at 1:49:09
because his defence was to try and mutter something about 'culturally appropriate'.
and i saw...
you have some elite maaori who are willing to screw over their own people, if it is to their advantage. we gotta remember that there never was any unified maori - there were a bunch of tribes at war with one another. and... an aspect or element of that remains.
it's a maori issue because most of the guys in the prison appeared maaori. there is this whole thing where individual prison cells (where they have bunk mates so maybe 2 to a cell) is more expensive than big warehouse rooms, you see. like free range chickens, we tell ourselves. it isn't culturally appropriate to give people individual privacy / a place away from another who enjoys abusing them. we tell ourselves.
the government chose to give the contract to an overseas company. the government chose not to look into the particulars of that contract. the government chose not to look into whether it was actually feasible to provide humane facilities and services for the price that was quoted. the government chose to spend how much on politicians salaries, again, instead of going their f*ck*ng job of looking after their people.
and i guess the buffoon on tv was... what... some reminder of how the government chooses to distribute it's money. they decided to employ him to do his job instead of paying whoever was supposed to look after the prisoners enough for them to do their job properly.
sigh.
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