tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11748728.post111831689960802245..comments2023-10-01T06:46:18.446-05:00Comments on Exit, pursued by a bear: Not a Luxurytommyspoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11032797715527900678noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11748728.post-1118411049371534352005-06-10T08:44:00.000-05:002005-06-10T08:44:00.000-05:00Answer to question #1a: absolutely.Answer to quest...Answer to question #1a: absolutely.<BR/><BR/>Answer to question #1b: yes, as long as there is no proselytization. And I say this not because of my aversion to organized religion, but because proselytizing is the <B>last</B> thing that the addict is going to respond to.tommyspoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11032797715527900678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11748728.post-1118406167857545352005-06-10T07:22:00.000-05:002005-06-10T07:22:00.000-05:00Which poses an interesting question, Spoon... sinc...Which poses an interesting question, Spoon... since this is a private effort with such positive outcomes, should the government (of Maryland or the Feds) provide funding to it?<BR/><BR/>What if it were explicitly faith-based?Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05385463369182392891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11748728.post-1118404974398231852005-06-10T07:02:00.000-05:002005-06-10T07:02:00.000-05:00Joe, I said try to save everybody, not force every...Joe, I said <B>try</B> to save everybody, not <B>force everyone to be saved</B>. Like you, I have a problem with a government compelling anything on anybody. I also have a problem with liberals who can't accept the fact that not everyone wants to be saved. They are as misguided as those who would have government turn its back on everyone.<BR/><BR/>Both sides are focusing on the wrong number, in this case 11% failure rate, instead of the success rate of 89%.tommyspoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11032797715527900678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11748728.post-1118355843675741402005-06-09T17:24:00.000-05:002005-06-09T17:24:00.000-05:00I couldn't get the video to run, but there's a tra...I couldn't get the video to run, but there's a <A HREF="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/06/08/60II/main700518.shtml" REL="nofollow">transcript available too.</A> Sounds like a good program to me.<BR/><BR/>I'm trying to find a way to argue with you about the statement that "government has to try and save everybody" though. It seems to me that, sometimes, the state has to make decisions which choose one person over another. Some people just have to live with the consequences of their actions. And while there are a lot of services which the government ought to offer, I get mighty nervous when the government starts compelling you to accept its "help."<BR/><BR/>(One way to argue with you would be that the Maryland Reentry Partnership is run by "a nonprofit group called the Enterprise Foundation," which means it's not completely a government program. But why split hairs when theory is so much more fun?)<BR/><BR/>All that said, the last page of the transcript says that, over three years, The Maryland Reentry Project has admitted 193 ex-cons, and kept 171 out of jail. That's almost 89%. If we didn't do things with an 11% failure rate, hell, we wouldn't do anything at all.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05385463369182392891noreply@blogger.com