Stadium Naming Rights Protest Scheduled for 10:00 AM on Free Speech Lawn
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Wise Owl
Member since 2006
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Stadium Naming Rights Protest Scheduled for 10:00 AM on Free Speech Lawn
El said
I, for one, will not be renewing my season tickets, which I’ve had since the beginning of the program (I am as loyal a fan as any of you).
This naming controversy is more than mere big time college sports business. It’s really a question of moral integrity. I’m not sure that I can sit and watch a football game in a stadium named after a company that’s in a business that has profound negative effects on the American judicial system and human rights.
To those unwilling (or unable) to understand, consider this: What are ramifications for the judicial system when imprisonment becomes a commodity and the prison industry begins to influence legislators to draft law for profit? “Land of the Free” becomes really ironic, doesn’t it?
Lots of people here are joking about as if it’s a non-issue (“Don’t do the crime,” and other such stupidity.), and such comments are extraordinarily ignorant. The flippancy on this board is revolting. As Thoreau said, “After the first blush of sin comes indifference,” so I guess if you’ve already sold your soul for NCAA football, then “Owlcatraz” isn’t too bad.
FAU is now a worldwide joke. See today’s article in The Guardian.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2013/feb/27/stadium-rights-prison-sponsor
Have fun at the tailgate. You’ll need to drink a few extra beers to forget about your complicity in this travesty. See you in twelve years.
Hey, since you've had your tickets from the beginning you must have some pretty good seats, sounds like there is an opening I'll have to call the ticket office and upgrade mine. I'll drink to that!!!
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VIP DONOR
Member since 2006
Re: Stadium Naming Rights Protest Scheduled for 10:00 AM on Free Speech Lawn
Do you think prisons/jails/detention centers were nice places before privitization?
Is the Geo Group sued/held accountable for an injustice against an inmate?
Have you contacted you state representatives regarding the standards in the facilities built/ran by the Geo Group or any other company in the same line of business?
What are the positives/negatives of having a private for profit company running these facilities as opposed to the government running them?
Do you feel that laws that stem from government initiantives like the War on Drugs would be rescinded if private prison companies had no involvment?
What legislation/laws are they lobbying to keep in place to put/keep people behind bars? Last I researched this, marijuana crimes were the reason for about 38% of the people currently serving time.
With the position you and others are taking on this matter, maybe these are some of the issues that should be discussed to bring your opinions to validity and light.
Teambeer is the most knowledgeable FAU sports fan I know, way smarter than me.
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VIP DONOR
Member since 2005
Re: Stadium Naming Rights Protest Scheduled for 10:00 AM on Free Speech Lawn
walty12 said
I guess my questions here are…
Do you think prisons/jails/detention centers were nice places before privitization? No, they shouldn't be.
Is the Geo Group sued/held accountable for an injustice against an inmate? They have been sued several times. Give more detail about accountability? The short answer is, kind of.
Have you contacted you state representatives regarding the standards in the facilities built/ran by the Geo Group or any other company in the same line of business? Less concerned about standards than how they get their customers.
What are the positives/negatives of having a private for profit company running these facilities as opposed to the government running them? Positives, lower cost to govt. negatives, more "laws" are created for trivial "crimes" to imprison more people. Private prisons lobby to make it easier to lock people up. The United States has the highest number of citizens per capita and in totality behind bars compared to the rest of the developed world.
Do you feel that laws that stem from government initiantives like the War on Drugs would be rescinded if private prison companies had no involvment? No, but the WOD is a joke and needs to be ended. Has drug use or violent crime really gone down? Just take a look at the death toll on our southern border and the number of border patrol agents being murdered by the mexican cartels.
What legislation/laws are they lobbying to keep in place to put/keep people behind bars? Last I researched this, marijuana crimes were the reason for about 38% of the people currently serving time. Drugs should be legal IMO. Tax the shit out of them and pay off the deficit or something else. Being locked up for marijuana is a joke. you should know the ridiculousness of these laws with how draconian Texas' laws are.
With the position you and others are taking on this matter, maybe these are some of the issues that should be discussed to bring your opinions to validity and light.
I know this wasn't aimed at me, but here are my thoughts for discussion, above in purple
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Wise Owl
Member since 2006
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My two favorite teams are FAU, and who ever is beating FIU!
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VIP DONOR
Member since 2008
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VIP DONOR
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Court: Anti-whaling protesters are 'pirates' - Yahoo! News
I guess EVERYONE has a past and issues huh! :D
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VIP DONOR
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Wise Owl
Member since 2012
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I think the people who have an issue with GEo need to get over it, they are not drug traffickers or murderers or something….oh wait, what's that, they actually take those people off the street so I don't have to deal with them….heck that's a good thing isn't it!
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