from: http://www.sacbee.com/2011/09/23/393282 ... hoose.html
Offenders in Ala. town can choose jail or church
The Associated Press
Published: Friday, Sep. 23, 2011 - 6:45 am
BAY MINETTE, Ala. -- Authorities say non-violent offenders in southern Alabama will have a new choice: Go to jail, or go to church every Sunday for a year.
WKRG-TV reports (http://bit.ly/qpxXJX) that Operation Restore Our Community begins next week.
The city judge in Bay Minette will let misdemeanor offenders choose to work off their sentences in jail and pay a fine; or go to church every Sunday for a year.
If offenders select church, they'll be allowed to pick the place of worship but must check in weekly with the pastor and police.
If the one-year church attendance program is completed, the offender's case will be dismissed.
Bay Minette Police Chief Mike Rowland says the program could change the lives of people heading down the wrong path. So far, 56 churches are participating.
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Civil liberties organisations are challenging this I read elsewhere.
Jail?..or Church!
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Jail please. Probably less chance of surprise buttsecs. 
What I've found with a few discussions I've had lately is this self-satisfaction that people express with their proffessed open mindedness. In realty it ammounts to wilful ignorance and intellectual cowardice as they are choosing to not form any sort of opinion on a particular topic. Basically "I don't know and I'm not going to look at any evidence because I'm quite happy on this fence."
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Why would misdemeanor offenders be sent to jail ,,that's stupid and what happened to separation of church and state I don't think you would have a good chance of justice if you happened to be wearing a turban when you come before that Judge !
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I bet you can't go to atheist UU church. Plus they have bad Lutheran coffee anyway, been there.
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Same diff, really - but jail had fewer nonsensical rules.
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Bella Fortuna wrote:Same diff, really - but jail had fewer nonsensical rules.
How do you know such things?What I've found with a few discussions I've had lately is this self-satisfaction that people express with their proffessed open mindedness. In realty it ammounts to wilful ignorance and intellectual cowardice as they are choosing to not form any sort of opinion on a particular topic. Basically "I don't know and I'm not going to look at any evidence because I'm quite happy on this fence."
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I've said too much...Robert_S wrote:Bella Fortuna wrote:Same diff, really - but jail had fewer nonsensical rules.
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You got caught on purpose to corrupt your cell mate didn't you?Bella Fortuna wrote:I've said too much...Robert_S wrote:Bella Fortuna wrote:Same diff, really - but jail had fewer nonsensical rules.
What I've found with a few discussions I've had lately is this self-satisfaction that people express with their proffessed open mindedness. In realty it ammounts to wilful ignorance and intellectual cowardice as they are choosing to not form any sort of opinion on a particular topic. Basically "I don't know and I'm not going to look at any evidence because I'm quite happy on this fence."
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Robert_S wrote:You got caught on purpose to corrupt your cell mate didn't you?Bella Fortuna wrote:I've said too much...Robert_S wrote:Bella Fortuna wrote:Same diff, really - but jail had fewer nonsensical rules.
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Good. I hope they go to church...and steal from the collection plate 
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I would go to church, but raise my hand repeatedly during the sermon. "Yeah, I have a question. That bit you just said doesn't make sense to me...," or "Yeah, I gotta go to the bathroom," or "Yeah, can I have some more grape juice and those little crackers? Those crackers weren't very filling and I'm still hungry," or "Yeah, so when do we get to stone some homosexuals? I hate those faggots," or "Yeah, so where's this God fellow? I thought he was gonna be here or something," etc. 
People think "queue" is just "q" followed by 4 silent letters.
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The choice should be jail or taking a science course. 
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Noooooooo. Talk about misapplied aversion therapy. Attending science courses should never be used as an alternative to punishment. That proposal reminds me of a teacher who made his recalcitrant students listen to Mozart during detention.Bella Fortuna wrote:The choice should be jail or taking a science course.
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Beethoven's 9th ...Clockwork OrangeSeraph wrote:Noooooooo. Talk about misapplied aversion therapy. Attending science courses should never be used as an alternative to punishment. That proposal reminds me of a teacher who made his recalcitrant students listen to Mozart during detention.Bella Fortuna wrote:The choice should be jail or taking a science course.
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That worked really well too, didn't it?Feck wrote:Beethoven's 9th ...Clockwork OrangeSeraph wrote:Noooooooo. Talk about misapplied aversion therapy. Attending science courses should never be used as an alternative to punishment. That proposal reminds me of a teacher who made his recalcitrant students listen to Mozart during detention.Bella Fortuna wrote:The choice should be jail or taking a science course.
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