tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9008981774851242579.post6876434658660017449..comments2023-08-16T20:11:20.857-07:00Comments on PAPS Blog: Dude, Where's My Stratfor? Prison Abolition Prisoner Support (PAPS)http://www.blogger.com/profile/15850774853875579388noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9008981774851242579.post-19425620894973501122016-01-13T11:58:00.807-08:002016-01-13T11:58:00.807-08:00To the BOP and anyone else who sometimes has troub...To the BOP and anyone else who sometimes has trouble reading: I am *not* advocating that anyone send Barrett Brown drugs. I am advocating people send Barrett Brown money and books, and am making fun of the atrocity that we incarcerate addicts in the first place. It is often easier to get drugs in prison than it is on the streets. Only after he is released will Barrett be given drug treatment. "I don’t mean to be flippant about my on-again, off-again opiate problem, which has been chronicled in assorted magazine profiles and government documents with varying degrees of accuracy, and for which I’m slated to receive treatment upon release" Barrett writes in his hilarious post, which I was attempting to riff: https://theintercept.com/2015/12/02/barrett-brown-the-government-explains-why-it-took-my-email/ I certainly don't mean to be flippant about Barrett's drug problem. I don't know whether Robin Williams was funnier on coke than he was sober. I don't know whether Barrett Brown is funnier when he's high, either. I have spent too much of my life decrying the stupidity of the war on drugs, and I'm tired of shaking my fist and crying about it. That's what I'm trying to capture in this joke. Don't like it? Think it's offensive? Don't read it or share it. Think I'm an asshole for thinking it's funny? Get in line. Azzurrahttp://twitter.com/libertyherbertnoreply@blogger.com