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(Boston Globe)   Inmate wins lawsuit to get Vegan diet, saying regular diets are violent. Guess he got all the violence out of his system when he beat his 5-month-old son to death. Still no "World's Smallest Violin" tag   (boston.com) divider line
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Mythy
2008-06-19 9:38:48 PM  
In prison there should be no rights.....you eat what you get or starve.
 
baka-san [TotalFark]
2008-06-19 10:27:32 PM  
Somebody post the Whhaaaaaammmmbulance
 
Heroic Poser
2008-06-19 10:29:23 PM  
Mythy: In prison there should be no rights.....you eat what you get or starve.

Yep. Sorry but your rights were taken when you took someone else's.
Go back to bread and water as far as I'm concerned.
 
brap [TotalFark]
2008-06-19 10:29:31 PM  
Devils advocate:

Lack of bovine hormones may be good therapy.
 
BobtheFascist
2008-06-19 10:40:42 PM  
It never ceases to amaze me how these idiots manage to "find religion" once they're behind bars.
 
Likuid000
2008-06-19 10:40:50 PM  
Well, he's a vegan. About the only thing he could beat to death would be a five month old.
 
strangeguitar
2008-06-19 10:47:02 PM  
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"Oh! Come and see the violence inherent in the system!
HELP! HELP! I'm being repressed!"
 
Tealeaf
2008-06-19 10:53:03 PM  
Well, at least the article some questions that I had been mildly curious about (but not enough to actually look them up or anything). So you can become a serial killer, torture children to death, or steal thousands of dollars from your employer and still keep kosher.

Maybe this ruling will motivate some vegans that are now on their best behavior to cut lose and play fast and free with the law. After all, they now serve soymilk in the Big House!
 
Suicidal Writer
2008-06-19 10:54:40 PM  
Mythy: In prison there should be no rights.....you eat what you get or starve.

Human rights don't end just because someone made a mistake or series of mistakes. America is supposed to be above the tyranny of the backwards parts of the world. How this country has not managed to collapse under its own citizenry's lust for vengeance is an amazing historical feat.
 
Beeblebrox
2008-06-19 10:55:21 PM  
Make sure he gets no vitamin supplements either. I wouldn't think they would be vegan anyway.
 
Daddakamabb
2008-06-19 10:55:27 PM  
Not to be an ass but it was a 5 week old boy not a five month one.
 
R.A.Danny
2008-06-19 10:55:47 PM  
brap: Devils advocate:

Lack of bovine hormones may be good therapy.

That's fine for someone that held up a liquor store to feed his habits, this guy is beyond any type of therapy, rehabilitation, or... well anything. Burn him alive for all I care.
 
Beeblebrox
2008-06-19 10:56:02 PM  
Suicidal Writer: Mythy: In prison there should be no rights.....you eat what you get or starve.

Human rights don't end just because someone made a mistake or series of mistakes.
what you call a mistake I call an on purpose.
 
R.A.Danny
2008-06-19 10:57:11 PM  
Suicidal Writer: Mythy: In prison there should be no rights.....you eat what you get or starve.

Human rights don't end just because someone made a mistake or series of mistakes. America is supposed to be above the tyranny of the backwards parts of the world. How this country has not managed to collapse under its own citizenry's lust for vengeance is an amazing historical feat.

Mistake? You actually believe this act is a forgivable foible? Have you no respect for human life?
 
MIguy
2008-06-19 10:57:33 PM  
Suicidal Writer: Human rights don't end just because someone made a mistake or series of mistakes. America is supposed to be above the tyranny of the backwards parts of the world. How this country has not managed to collapse under its own citizenry's lust for vengeance is an amazing historical feat.

How would feeding them bread and water violate their human rights? I can show you millions of people that would be happy to have bread and water every day. Who the fark says we need to cater to them?
 
shoegaze99
2008-06-19 10:57:42 PM  
Suicidal Writer

Human rights don't end just because someone made a mistake or series of mistakes.

Ooops, looks like I beat the baby to death. My bad. My bad.
 
Get Lost
2008-06-19 10:57:43 PM  
Don't child abusers/rapists get killed in jail??

When the guard accidentally releases them in to general population that is...
 
Ra_
2008-06-19 10:58:14 PM  
I can't believe you're letting Fark lose. You sicken me.
http://www.whowouldkickass.com/companies/digg-vs-fark/
 
Falcc
2008-06-19 10:59:00 PM  
Likuid000: Well, he's a vegan. About the only thing he could beat to death would be a five month old.

I LOL'd.

To everybody else, keep in mind that people also go to prison for pot. They deserve rights as much as anyone else. Not that I don't think some of them could stand to be beaten, but that's not my descision to make.
 
LukeA
2008-06-19 11:00:02 PM  
There already is a World's Smallest Violin tag, you just didn't see it.
 
MIguy
2008-06-19 11:00:07 PM  
Falcc: To everybody else, keep in mind that people also go to prison for pot.

They broke the law. Agree with it or not, they knew they were breaking the law so fark them too.
 
icarus_of_GA
2008-06-19 11:00:12 PM  
Is arsenic considered vegan?
 
Beeblebrox
2008-06-19 11:01:00 PM  
Falcc: Likuid000: Well, he's a vegan. About the only thing he could beat to death would be a five month old.

I LOL'd.

To everybody else, keep in mind that people also go to prison for pot.

If it was for pot the dude would eat anything. Munchies and all. Being a vegan pothead would suck.
 
Bathia_Mapes [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2008-06-19 11:01:18 PM  
Suicidal Writer: Mythy: In prison there should be no rights.....you eat what you get or starve.

Human rights don't end just because someone made a mistake or series of mistakes. America is supposed to be above the tyranny of the backwards parts of the world. How this country has not managed to collapse under its own citizenry's lust for vengeance is an amazing historical feat.

You think beating a baby to death is a mistake? Wow
 
limboslam
2008-06-19 11:01:20 PM  
Well, thank God. I can finally sleep at night. I was really worried about this guy's civil rights.
 
Daddakamabb
2008-06-19 11:01:35 PM  
MIguy: Suicidal Writer: Human rights don't end just because someone made a mistake or series of mistakes. America is supposed to be above the tyranny of the backwards parts of the world. How this country has not managed to collapse under its own citizenry's lust for vengeance is an amazing historical feat.

How would feeding them bread and water violate their human rights? I can show you millions of people that would be happy to have bread and water every day. Who the fark says we need to cater to them?

It lacks necessary vitamins for survival... I mean can you can see how getting something like scurvy in a prison setting could be controversial can't you?

/The man doesn't deserve a vegan diet IMHO
 
All Apologies
2008-06-19 11:01:57 PM  
Serve him boiled cabbage for the rest of his stay, with some leeks for desert.
 
MIguy
2008-06-19 11:02:53 PM  
Daddakamabb: It lacks necessary vitamins for survival... I mean can you can see how getting something like scurvy in a prison setting could be controversial can't you?

Ok, we'll give them a vitamin too. Happy now?
 
R.A.Danny
2008-06-19 11:02:59 PM  
MIguy: They broke the law. Agree with it or not, they knew they were breaking the law so fark them too.

There are degrees. I don't have much sympathy for pot dealers even though I don't agree with drug policy, I agree a choice is a choice. There is a difference between that and baby killing though, and I would not have an issue with differing prison experiences.
 
Perducci
2008-06-19 11:03:11 PM  
Shouldn't all prison meals be vegan? Considering the price of meat, it would probably be a lot cheaper.
 
LordJiro [OhFark]
2008-06-19 11:03:30 PM  
Suicidal Writer: Mythy: In prison there should be no rights.....you eat what you get or starve.

Human rights don't end just because someone made a mistake or series of mistakes. America is supposed to be above the tyranny of the backwards parts of the world. How this country has not managed to collapse under its own citizenry's lust for vengeance is an amazing historical feat.

How is a special diet a 'human right'? Being served meat or drinking milk, unless you have a specific medical condition that prevents you from doing so, isn't abuse. Would you be up in arms if the prison was EXCLUSIVELY providing a Vegan diet, and someone was requesting meat?
 
d976
2008-06-19 11:03:51 PM  
Why not feed them all raw vegetables that they grow themselves? Then you don't need a kitchen, cooks, utensils, etc.
 
Pfft!
2008-06-19 11:04:26 PM  
Feed him nothing but rotting meat.
 
Alwaysus
2008-06-19 11:04:27 PM  
Beeblebrox: Suicidal Writer: Mythy: In prison there should be no rights.....you eat what you get or starve.

Human rights don't end just because someone made a mistake or series of mistakes.
what you call a mistake I call an on purpose.

Yes! A thousand times yes!!!
 
Daddakamabb
2008-06-19 11:04:46 PM  
MIguy: Daddakamabb: It lacks necessary vitamins for survival... I mean can you can see how getting something like scurvy in a prison setting could be controversial can't you?

Ok, we'll give them a vitamin too. Happy now?

Okay as long as they take some type of supplement that will somehow manage their caloric intake to a "healthy" level. I mean we have to keep them alive, that is the purpose of prison. If you can do that then sure.
 
Neurochemist
2008-06-19 11:05:09 PM  
See this is interesting... Most people on fark agree that people convicted of a crime and serving prison time deserve no special meals...

If the conservatives want to torture them and the liberals don't want them to have any special meals, WHO IN THE HELL IS RUNNING THIS THING???

If this is the definition of "Civil rights", I'd strongly suggest we consider revising them.
 
shoegaze99
2008-06-19 11:05:14 PM  
Bathia_Mapes

You think beating a baby to death is a mistake? Wow

Hey, the guy probably only meant to beat some sense into that baby. The whole death thing was totally a 'whoops!'

Thankfully we have people looking out for this guy's right to the menu of his choice. Basic human decency. It's utterly inhumane to give someone food they don't like, after all.
 
Single White Male
2008-06-19 11:05:49 PM  
Suicidal Writer: Mythy: In prison there should be no rights.....you eat what you get or starve.

Human rights don't end just because someone made a mistake or series of mistakes. America is supposed to be above the tyranny of the backwards parts of the world. How this country has not managed to collapse under its own citizenry's lust for vengeance is an amazing historical feat.

Just because someone beat a child to death doesn't make them a bad pers-no wait, it does, nevermind.
 
Alwaysus
2008-06-19 11:06:22 PM  
My sister in law is in prison ( again I might add) She gets to have her hair colored and she gets her nails done for a buck. Yeah, prison is rough. Dr, appts are free (in house.) If she needs to see a specialist she pays $10.
 
naveline
2008-06-19 11:06:33 PM  
Since when is Buddhism a purely vegan tradition? Buddha loves ghee.

While I believe prisoners have SOME rights, perhaps this fellow needs to go over the part about "attachment to desire causes suffering" within Buddhism as a tradition.
 
Gameshot911
2008-06-19 11:06:59 PM  
Samsaran:

Can...can you do that? Is that allowed on the internet?
 
moneyfink
2008-06-19 11:07:18 PM  
I'm reading The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins right now so I'm getting a kick out these replies

Religion automatically gets a free pass, you can do anything if you say it is your religious belief
 
the_chief
2008-06-19 11:08:02 PM  
I'd rather this be a Vegan-bash thread.
 
ericbo84
2008-06-19 11:08:23 PM  
FTA Chorbajian said the prison plans to serve her client prepackaged vegan meals, including soy milk, supplied by a vendor. Jewish inmates with kosher diets receive similar prepackaged meals, she said.

Seriously, religious freedom in jail... you broke the law, everyone should get treated the same. Unless you have a freaking allergy to the food you should have to eat it, don't like it? Don't KILL BABIES, farkin scum of the earth.
 
Enrico Pallazzo
2008-06-19 11:08:44 PM  
Ra_: I can't believe you're letting Fark lose. You sicken me.
http://www.whowouldkickass.com/companies/digg-vs-fark/

Someone submit that and get it on the main page. It may already be there, but I'm too lazy to look and not creative enough for a snazzy headline if it's not already there
 
Daddakamabb
2008-06-19 11:08:51 PM  
Daddakamabb: Samsaran: n her trial testimony, Moore said Boateng attacked her after she asked him to move out. She said he kicked her, punched her in the face, and bit her nose.

Then, she said, he took the infant from the bedroom, threw him onto the hardwood floor, and repeatedly stomped and kicked him.

Also vegetarian ... coincidence?

Umm let me try that again..
 
Danger Avoid Death
2008-06-19 11:09:23 PM  
Neurochemist: See this is interesting... Most people on fark agree that people convicted of a crime and serving prison time deserve no special meals...

If the conservatives want to torture them and the liberals don't want them to have any special meals, WHO IN THE HELL IS RUNNING THIS THING???

If this is the definition of "Civil rights", I'd strongly suggest we consider revising them.

They're being "revised" every damn day.

/And by revised I mean "disappearing".
 
mikaloyd [OhFark]
2008-06-19 11:09:29 PM  
Since you nev4er know when you might go to prison, and religious diets in prison are now civil rights not choices, we need to start the first baconite church of prime rib and hrseradish before it is too late.
 
All Apologies
2008-06-19 11:09:43 PM  
There sure are a lot of religious folks in jail, how does that happen?
 
R.A.Danny
2008-06-19 11:09:44 PM  
Neurochemist: See this is interesting... Most people on fark agree that people convicted of a crime and serving prison time deserve no special meals...

If the conservatives want to torture them and the liberals don't want them to have any special meals, WHO IN THE HELL IS RUNNING THIS THING???

If this is the definition of "Civil rights", I'd strongly suggest we consider revising them.

There is a huge difference between our knee-jerk, emotional reaction and what w think the law should be. Is that so hard to understand? We write these laws when we are in our "right" minds so they apply to all regardless of our feelings about individual cases.
 
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