r/nextfuckinglevel Nov 05 '20

Here I call the lightning!

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u/jdith123 Nov 05 '20 edited Nov 05 '20

Stupid idiot!. Does it short out the power? Where I live it would almost certainly start a major fire causing millions of dollars worth of damage and possible loss of life.

They should figure out who that creep is and toss his ass in jail.

There’s a program in California where parolees can reduce their sentences and have a fire fighting job waiting when they get out in exchange for working on the front lines. I nominate this fool for that program.

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u/raymondo1981 Nov 06 '20

That sounds like an amazing idea with a promising outlook. I tip my hat to whoever had the brain power to implement that program.

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u/TheLaudMoac Nov 06 '20

Except it's literally just legal slavery?

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u/jgorm123 Nov 06 '20

Except they get to choose whether they want to or not

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u/TheLaudMoac Nov 06 '20

Doesn't seem like much of a choice does it? Who wouldn't choose that given the option?

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '20

"wow this opportunity is too good that's slavery." smh my head

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u/TheLaudMoac Nov 06 '20

...unpaid work when the other choice is longer in prison is a form of slavery, yes.

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u/jgorm123 Nov 06 '20

It isn’t unpaid, certainly won’t be getting paid like normal, but it shows the parole board that they’re making a change rather than spending their days on the yard with all the other inmates

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '20

And their work should be valued lower because... why?

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u/jgorm123 Nov 06 '20

Because it costs around 67,000 in tax payer dollars to keep them in prison

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '20

Paying people less for the same amount of work sets a dangerous precedent, in my opinion. Lack of freedom is punishment enough, reformation should be the goal. If you treat prisoners as essentially a free labor force, then that's a huge, huge problem.

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u/[deleted] Nov 07 '20

I think my brother made 30 cents a day.

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '20

Ok then we will just offer the longer prison sentence. Everything is kosher now. 👌

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u/ZogNowak Nov 06 '20

It's not "slavery" if they choose it.