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Jul. 4th, 2019
Terramagne questions (centaurs)
Jul. 4th, 2019 08:31 amI'm wondering what sort of mess might get stirred up if they wanted to participate in various sports.
Polo would probably only result in a minor row. Dressage would likely be a major one. Jumping events, oh boy *that* would be a can of worms.
The real fun would be horse racing.
"I *am* the jockey."
"But how do we weigh you to handicap you?"
(actually, I wouldn't expect the centaurs to do well at racing. Their human tracheas restrict the airflow to their lungs too much.)
Polo would probably only result in a minor row. Dressage would likely be a major one. Jumping events, oh boy *that* would be a can of worms.
The real fun would be horse racing.
"I *am* the jockey."
"But how do we weigh you to handicap you?"
(actually, I wouldn't expect the centaurs to do well at racing. Their human tracheas restrict the airflow to their lungs too much.)
A solution that won't happen :-(
Jul. 4th, 2019 09:28 amThere are problems with the way asylum seekers are being treated and how they are being held. There are problems with conditions in jails, prisons, and many other place.
There's a solution. It'd fix all these and more. Alas, it's likely impossible to implement.
First step. To avoid all the games that get played about jurisdiction and what things are called set the rules up to cover *any* facility (may need a more general term) where people are not free to leave when they want to.
That'll cover everything from jails to internment camps, andf many other places as well (including a lot of the so-called "summer camps' and "rehab centers" that kids and teens get sent to to brainwash them into being what their parents want. these are usually based on "religion" btw.
Incidentally, to cover those *and* to deal with some other tricks various agencies have used to get around Us law, we should make it illegal to send people out of the US to such facilities in other countries unless said facilities are subject to the same inspections and rules as the ones in the US.
Now about those rules and inspections. The inspectors need to be something like the International Red Cross/Red Crescent inspectors for POW camps in various wars.
They may *not* be denied access to facilities or inmates.
Permanent video records should be maintained by some group independent of those running the facility. They will be used to investigate incidents of violence against staff *or* inmates. Likewise they will be used to investigate complaints of abuse.
They will *not* be available to those running the facilities (otherwise they'd use them to tighten their grip[ op the inmates).
There will be standards for food quality and quantity, sanitation, and other living conditions. This includes but is not limited to crowding, medical care and staffing.
Failure to abide by the rules will result in anything from fines to shutdown of the facility. Criminal charges *will* be filed against staff responsible *and* their superiors (the superiors, all the way up the chain are responsible for hiring and failing to properly supervise the folks under them).
Lets see how fast the possibility of jail time affects the people higher up the food chain.
Facilities will not be permitted to get overcrowded. (ie if they can't handle more people under the rules they either have to release enough to allow the new ones in, or they have to find someplace else for the new ones to go).
To prevent funding games, an adequate budget must be drawn up and the funds put in escrow. If one is not provided, one will be drawn up by outside experts.
The budgets are to prevent cutting costs by scrimping on food (quality or quantity), staffing, health care, etc.
Something will need to be done to avoid the problems of "unfunded mandates",
One would hope that setting things out as "if you want this many people in jail/prison/whatever you'll have to spend this much money" would get the politicians and public to make their expectations more realistic, but we all know better.
Private facilties (which, interestingly enough would include some schools and rehab centers) would also be affected rather strongly by this stuff.
I trust I don't have to explain *why* the odds of anything like this being implemnted are essentially nil, do I?
There's a solution. It'd fix all these and more. Alas, it's likely impossible to implement.
First step. To avoid all the games that get played about jurisdiction and what things are called set the rules up to cover *any* facility (may need a more general term) where people are not free to leave when they want to.
That'll cover everything from jails to internment camps, andf many other places as well (including a lot of the so-called "summer camps' and "rehab centers" that kids and teens get sent to to brainwash them into being what their parents want. these are usually based on "religion" btw.
Incidentally, to cover those *and* to deal with some other tricks various agencies have used to get around Us law, we should make it illegal to send people out of the US to such facilities in other countries unless said facilities are subject to the same inspections and rules as the ones in the US.
Now about those rules and inspections. The inspectors need to be something like the International Red Cross/Red Crescent inspectors for POW camps in various wars.
They may *not* be denied access to facilities or inmates.
Permanent video records should be maintained by some group independent of those running the facility. They will be used to investigate incidents of violence against staff *or* inmates. Likewise they will be used to investigate complaints of abuse.
They will *not* be available to those running the facilities (otherwise they'd use them to tighten their grip[ op the inmates).
There will be standards for food quality and quantity, sanitation, and other living conditions. This includes but is not limited to crowding, medical care and staffing.
Failure to abide by the rules will result in anything from fines to shutdown of the facility. Criminal charges *will* be filed against staff responsible *and* their superiors (the superiors, all the way up the chain are responsible for hiring and failing to properly supervise the folks under them).
Lets see how fast the possibility of jail time affects the people higher up the food chain.
Facilities will not be permitted to get overcrowded. (ie if they can't handle more people under the rules they either have to release enough to allow the new ones in, or they have to find someplace else for the new ones to go).
To prevent funding games, an adequate budget must be drawn up and the funds put in escrow. If one is not provided, one will be drawn up by outside experts.
The budgets are to prevent cutting costs by scrimping on food (quality or quantity), staffing, health care, etc.
Something will need to be done to avoid the problems of "unfunded mandates",
One would hope that setting things out as "if you want this many people in jail/prison/whatever you'll have to spend this much money" would get the politicians and public to make their expectations more realistic, but we all know better.
Private facilties (which, interestingly enough would include some schools and rehab centers) would also be affected rather strongly by this stuff.
I trust I don't have to explain *why* the odds of anything like this being implemnted are essentially nil, do I?