Assessment
In the U.S. prisoners are treated as sub-human and it is thought that the only way to shape these people into model citizens is to break them, strip away dignity until all that remains is a hollow shell, and fill that shell with the thick cement of mindless corroboration. The article “Michael Moore’s Portrayal of Norway Prison vs. My 15-to-Life Sentence in the U.S.” written by Anthony Papa in winter of 2016 reviews a documentary where Michael Moore, an award-winning filmmaker, travels around the world looking for countries the U.S. can ‘invade’; to clarify, by the term ‘invade’ he means to search for new ideas the U.S. could implement into its own systems (e.g. the Education system, Drug Administration, the Prison system, etc.). …show more content…
As an introduction, Papa describes the first countries Moore invaded and what concepts or ideals he got from them; France, Italy, and Slovenia. When invading French Moore went to check on how the public-school system fed the children to see how it differed from the U.S. The kids there were eating gourmet meals compared to America’s public-school system. Next, in Italy, a motorcycle factory admitted they gave their workers eight weeks of vacation a year. The employer felt no opposition to the amount of vacation given to the workers, since healthy employees are a higher priority than lower production; though it states, “There is no clash between the profit of the company and the well-being of the workers” (para. 2). Lastly, Papa writes about Moore’s trip to Slovenia where it is discovered that they have free higher education for all, including international …show more content…
It’s important for a country who leads its people by treating every individual with respect and equality. In the United States, people within the confined cement walls are torn from their families and the society that raised them, and the same society that now betrays them by labeling each prisoner as unworthy criminals and not a victim of the principles of the American notion of an eye for an eye. A true leader does not seek out an eye for an eye, or in this case a fifteen-to-life sentence for a bag of drugs. A leader, whether that be in terms of a person or a country, must be well-tempered in terms of punishing those who have committed unlawful acts. When someone commits an ill act, it is best to consider the possibility of a cry for help. Punishing a person who might not know what they did wrong, or why what they did was wrong, could traumatize the individual into relapsing in terms of the
In the U.S. prisoners are treated as sub-human and it is thought that the only way to shape these people into model citizens is to break them, strip away dignity until all that remains is a hollow shell, and fill that shell with the thick cement of mindless corroboration. The article “Michael Moore’s Portrayal of Norway Prison vs. My 15-to-Life Sentence in the U.S.” written by Anthony Papa in winter of 2016 reviews a documentary where Michael Moore, an award-winning filmmaker, travels around the world looking for countries the U.S. can ‘invade’; to clarify, by the term ‘invade’ he means to search for new ideas the U.S. could implement into its own systems (e.g. the Education system, Drug Administration, the Prison system, etc.). …show more content…
As an introduction, Papa describes the first countries Moore invaded and what concepts or ideals he got from them; France, Italy, and Slovenia. When invading French Moore went to check on how the public-school system fed the children to see how it differed from the U.S. The kids there were eating gourmet meals compared to America’s public-school system. Next, in Italy, a motorcycle factory admitted they gave their workers eight weeks of vacation a year. The employer felt no opposition to the amount of vacation given to the workers, since healthy employees are a higher priority than lower production; though it states, “There is no clash between the profit of the company and the well-being of the workers” (para. 2). Lastly, Papa writes about Moore’s trip to Slovenia where it is discovered that they have free higher education for all, including international …show more content…
It’s important for a country who leads its people by treating every individual with respect and equality. In the United States, people within the confined cement walls are torn from their families and the society that raised them, and the same society that now betrays them by labeling each prisoner as unworthy criminals and not a victim of the principles of the American notion of an eye for an eye. A true leader does not seek out an eye for an eye, or in this case a fifteen-to-life sentence for a bag of drugs. A leader, whether that be in terms of a person or a country, must be well-tempered in terms of punishing those who have committed unlawful acts. When someone commits an ill act, it is best to consider the possibility of a cry for help. Punishing a person who might not know what they did wrong, or why what they did was wrong, could traumatize the individual into relapsing in terms of the