We are all free adults, same as the members of government. They are not higher beings than us, nor do they have some special divine right to rule over others.

Arresting a free, equal adult who comitted no harm, and holding him indefinitely without a trial is extremely immoral. Sam is standing up for what is right, which requires a lot more maturity, personal responsibility, and bravery than it does to pretend government has the right or ability to run your life.

If our early leaders who broke from England could see the degree to which we have abdicated our rights as free adults, and allowed the government to "mommy" and control us, they would be shocked.

Sam's Dad

And as I recall… even with all the historical baggage… the poor in the US have more mobility than in other well off nations because we are relatively economically free.

As for Obama. He's of mixed background. He's not "black". Unless you are a subscriber of the old one drop rule.

As for slavery of Africans in the Americas… it was the Africans who put them on the ships.

dub is talking like a Marxist. As in beliefs are designated by class and race. It's a completely bigoted and obviously false theory. dub is being nothing more than a troll. Rather than arguing the merits of an idea they attack the person who holds it.

As for the officers, I find them to be very respectful, I have unfortunately been in other institutions and find Cheshire House of Corrections to be the most respectful, the officers were always available to listen when I had something to say or when I needed something from clothing change, haircuts, etc,,,,, Ian, Sam has never been denied anything, he has always been treated with respect no matter what he has asked for. I feel people should just ignore him and not give him the satisfaction of feeding into his games, lies.

In my brief conversations with him I found him to beconsistently trying to come up with something else to get more attention cast on him. He thrives on attention for phony causes.

Just ignore this guy, he is no better than anybody else. He has his followers who have no idea what is really going on inside the jail accept for what he proclaims, and the media as well.

Excuse me, sir, but I live in Metropolitan Detroit. I know lots of black people. Good people and bad people. I know lots of white people. Good people and bad people.

'to go on about treatment of people when all of you are treated so much better than thousands of others based on your skin color alone, is ridiculous'

No, sir, what is ridiculous is your assertion that people have no right to assert their natural rights because their ancestors may have owned black people 150 years ago. The word that comes into my head to describe it is 'RETARDED'.

'The fact that Barack Obama had to downplay his color so much is proof of white privilege.'

Bullshit, dude, that was all anybody talked about and you know it. If he personally downplayed it that was his choice, he certainly didn't 'have' to.

'All those people of color listed above had to downplay their color to get where they are and had to subscribe to the white ideals in order to get where they are.'

The 'white' ideals? What the hell does that mean? None of the black people I know have ideals that are any different from mine. There's something wrong with you, dub. What is this whole 'people of color' thing all about anyway? They are black people. I know many black people who would be offended simply by you calling them a 'person of color'. It's condescending by virtue of its very honey-smoothness. Yuck, dude. Yuck. You are starting to creep me out.

I have "invented" a racist bigoted reality? You know what, I shouldn't assume any less from people in Keene, have you even seen a person of color in the last 100 years?

All those people of color listed above had to downplay their color to get where they are and had to subscribe to the white ideals in order to get where they are.

History tells the story of a nation of whites who came here, killed an entire civilization of people, then bought a bunch of people off of boats and used them to build the nation. Then when someone decided it wasn't cool to own people anymore they fought and fought and fought to keep their ownership rights. So then little by little people of color were given "rights" and "freedoms" that of course they couldn't exercise because it's one thing to say "oh yes you can buy a house" and it's another thing to say "oh we're sorry your application has been denied, not because of race of course, just because"

If the whole point of this is just to say "government stay the hell away from me" then that's fine but to go on about treatment of people when all of you are treated so much better than thousands of others based on your skin color alone, is ridiculous

"They're just doing their jobs"

do you mean "we're"?? Do you get some sort of satisfaction out of hurting and stealing from others? Perhaps someday you'll get the same treatment, and you will, and you'll cry harder than anyone. You'll cry because guilt will take over inside of you and you'll realize that the slop coming from your fingertips and your mouth were so wrong.

and you'll never feel like you can make it right.

None of the above have any compunction about initiating force against people of all races who haven't harmed anyone in any way shape or form….

Okay Dub, now we come to the point of true honesty….

Should a product or service be provided to an individual at the threat of physical violence? It's a YES or NO question… You may elaborate as to why if you wish……