Re:Think Debtors Prisons Are a Thing of the Past? Not in Mis...
by dragonwriter on Sunday January 12, 2020 @02:27AM
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> But what justification is there for the article to deceive the reader with a comparison to debtors prisons?
Yeah, this isn't debtors prison; it is penal slavery.
Not that it makes it any better.
> The EU Convention on Human Rights bans debtors prisons
It unconditionally (unlike the US Constitution) bans slavery, too.
I'm not sure what bearing “The EU Convention on Human Rights bans...” has on the facts here; not only does the Convention not apply here, but even if it did what the law prohibits has no bearing on what the facts actually are.
Yeah, this isn't debtors prison; it is penal slavery.
Not that it makes it any better.
> The EU Convention on Human Rights bans debtors prisons
It unconditionally (unlike the US Constitution) bans slavery, too.
I'm not sure what bearing “The EU Convention on Human Rights bans...” has on the facts here; not only does the Convention not apply here, but even if it did what the law prohibits has no bearing on what the facts actually are.