tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709631.post6386800983715639344..comments2024-02-27T04:14:48.904-05:00Comments on Stitch Bitch: Sentenced to KnitAnna van Schurmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09545037218589039870noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709631.post-89046981730382141642011-02-14T11:53:23.544-05:002011-02-14T11:53:23.544-05:00I've taken a while to respond, because I wante...I've taken a while to respond, because I wanted to think about the issue a bit.<br /><br />My take is that with low-level offenders you want "punishment" that keeps them busy and doing something that's out of their normal routine. It doesn't have to be a task that no one else wants to do (e.g., litter collection), just something that benefits the community in some manner. I Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06452682935744860737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709631.post-18168759240495764782011-02-06T05:59:55.661-05:002011-02-06T05:59:55.661-05:00http://www.finecellwork.co.uk/home/
Try checking ...http://www.finecellwork.co.uk/home/<br /><br />Try checking out this link, quite amazing what prisoners can do if they put their mind to it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709631.post-44392168282986012132011-02-06T04:31:33.908-05:002011-02-06T04:31:33.908-05:00Have you seen this video? It is called a Chinese M...Have you seen this video? It is called a Chinese MC Hammer - but you have to check out the lady knitting in the background - I watched it without sound - and she never pays him any attention during the entire time!<br /><br />http://www.wimp.com/mchammer/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709631.post-68673563284971977732011-02-04T08:22:34.801-05:002011-02-04T08:22:34.801-05:00Thanks for the heads-up: I will promptly move to S...Thanks for the heads-up: I will promptly move to Scotland and become a low-level offender... :-)Giovannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06816333325112705329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709631.post-32435696255955104242011-02-03T22:56:54.792-05:002011-02-03T22:56:54.792-05:00I found all of this hysterical! Thank you for a g...I found all of this hysterical! Thank you for a good laugh!Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04087004268929574468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709631.post-39294756735829355412011-02-03T20:17:30.081-05:002011-02-03T20:17:30.081-05:00What a weird concept! But yes, most non-crafters d...What a weird concept! But yes, most non-crafters do see what we do as being laborious and somehow unpleasant (or as an utter waste of time, but we won't get into that). I'd rather see people doing just about anything of practical value, however they perceive it, than mooning about in an institution.barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11898566437682135391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709631.post-31291319059144359862011-02-03T19:39:47.053-05:002011-02-03T19:39:47.053-05:00Well, maybe they make them use really crappy yarn,...Well, maybe they make them use really crappy yarn, slightly burred needles, and ban TV and radio. <br /><br />Let's sentence some folks to hours of gueling statistics of algebra and see what a real punishment is like..... (Ok, not like I have a thing against stats or math, just figuring that for most convictions a hundred hours of graphing x and y would seem cruel and unusual in the Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16927472981531670361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709631.post-5655153578066470422011-02-03T18:14:26.727-05:002011-02-03T18:14:26.727-05:00I for one know people who would love to 'have&...I for one know people who would love to 'have' to spend time knitting. <br /><br />You raise some really interesting questions. Knitting as punishment irritates me in some ways, on the other hand it might do some of them good! Maybe it all comes down to the fact that one person's punishment is another person's delight... the trick is to assign the right tasks to the right people.Alicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09013741487850845405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709631.post-80205472869162421152011-02-03T15:34:30.428-05:002011-02-03T15:34:30.428-05:00The only thing I can think of is "WTF!"The only thing I can think of is "WTF!"Meadows08https://www.blogger.com/profile/13772551985178350115noreply@blogger.com