a Crossroad

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OP you did a beautiful job colourising these shots

its WEIRD its UNIQUE its GAY its BDSM its EUROVISION

Norwegian prisons are nicer than my apartment.

I was really shocked by this and dubious, so I decided to read further. There’s a great article about this here: http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35813470 As it turns out, this is more like a halfway house. Prisoners usually begin their term in a prison more like one we’d typically recognize - bars on the windows, locked in their cells. But the emphasis there is on successful reintegration into society.  As their sentence progresses, with good behavior, they can move into a facility more like this, where their freedoms are still restricted, but they can do things like network with people outside of prison, search for employment, cook and clean and look after themselves, and begin making plans for their reintegration into society.  As a result, Norway has one of the lowest rates of recidisvism. 20% as opposed to America’s 76%.  It seems like a shocking idea to us because of where and how we live, but apparently, Norwegians are addressing the real problem. When you take people who can’t function well in society, and then…help them do that?…they….do. Without the crime-ing. 

Turns out treating people like human beings makes them more likely to act like human beings….

But won’t that incentivize some people to go back there since they get treated so well and get a nice room versus the streets?

If you read the post above, it says Norway’s recidivism rate - that is, the rate of released criminals who go on to be arrested again - is 20% versus 76% in the United States, so for the most part, no.

Isn’t that white-lined black cross on a red field flag a Nazi flag? Are we going to talk about how wonderful it is a Nazi gets a nice halfway house?

could you please direct me to a source? i would feel much better if this was validated.

HOLY FUCK LOOK AT THE ONE IN THE BACKGROUND THEY TOOK ITS FUCKING FACE OMG

the early thomas the tank engine books are pretty standard stuff. saccharine bubblegum type stories and illustrations. if you watched the show, it’s like that in book form. the second half of the railway series are so fucking dark and surreal i’m convinced they were a result of reverend wilbur awdry doing copious amounts of lsd and having hallucinations of his own death.

On the show, didn’t they also hook up one engine to a generator, so he’d never move again? That was literally one of the lines, I think. It’s on some other post on here. It was chilling.

This is so fucked up

This…I actually…really needed this. Like.For real legit thank you.

me too

FARENHEIT 451 IS ON THE BANNED BOOKS LIST??? IT’S LITERALLY ABOUT THE SOCIETAL DANGERS OF BANNING/OUTLAWING/BURNING BOOKS ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME

Invisible Man is fucking amazing as well!

BURY MY HEART AT WOUNDED KNEE NEEDS TO BE READ BY EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THE UNITED STATES

Beloved too? Damn

Its insane that any of these should be banned but can we talk about how Where The Wild Things Are is also on there?!?! Its a childrens book???

I don’t give a flying fart what type of blog you have, this is relevant for everyone.

This is absolutely something everyone needs to read

REBLOGGING.

(Reblog for my added commentary, since my original felt dismissive in a way, and I -really- dont want that to be the takeaway as athat is not how I feel. The color comment is only in the tendency of many to forget the plight of those of color while memorializing white folk, when we need to lift them all up and remember.)

I almost fudging cried

Thermochromic table by Jay Watson

imagine banging someone on that table

imagine being home alone and seeing imprints on that table

noooooo stop

Imagine having a friend sit at that table for a long while, but when they get up there’s no imprints at all.

What if you got up after trying to console a crying friend, and found that you had no imprints… and they were crying because they missed you?

holy shit, it sounds like a very concerned squeak toy