brazil's jails

Recently there was a program on TV about the horrific conditions in Brazil"s prisons. It made me sick. I am sure such conditions prevail in most prisons of the third world. What are politicians in those countries thinking? Do they expect the criminals to somehow get reformed under those inhumane conditions or they just want to forget about them and let them rot till they die?   A better solution to the problem of crime in my opinion is to abolish all prisons, give the criminals on conviction a few lashes on the back side and let them do slave labour in a factory or on a farm while at the same time teaching them appropriate behavior in a special school. Just think how much money society would save by employing such a method and the speed with which these people would be inclined to become better citizens? aziz anom

Turkey should cut all ties with Israel.

Turkey recalled its ambassador from the Zionist state after the attack in international waters on the Gaza aid flotilla. Now Turkey says it will not send its envoy back until the Zionists apologized for their outrageous behavior. What?! I exclaimed to myself when I heard that. Were the Turks really willing to do that after all those fiery speeches they made just a short time back? Do they have such short memories? So this is my message to them:   Wake up, you wimps, you don't want any more relations with that bastard state, not now, not under any circumstances. If you don't cut off all ties with it you will lose all the respect you have gained after that horrific incident on the high seas. Demand that the Zionists be punished -- no, go even further, tell them, like that grand old lady, Helen Thomas, did, that they are occupiers of Palestine and that they should go back home to Poland, Germany, America and elsewhere. aziz anom

Is anti-Israel the same as anti-Semite?

Why can't the morons on the Fox channel and other American media get it into their heads that just because someone has made a remark against Israel it does not mean that he is an anti-Semite? aziz anom

Helen Thomas, a woman to be admired.

What the hell is wrong with telling the truth? It seems that in America Zionism is as sacred as the bible, perhaps more so because people nowadays, if they talk about Christianity at all, do come up with negative comments about the "sacred" book and hardly anyone raises an eyebrow. But say anything unflattering about the Jewish state and you are castigated vehemently, like Helen Thomas was.   She told the truth about that odious state, that the Zionists are occupiers of that land and that they should "get the hell out of Palestine." Now she has to pay the price for her honesty and give up her job.   The real power in America resides obviously not in the White House but in the Israel lobby, that vile collection of rich gangsters posing as Americans but working for a foreign state.    aziz anom

The zionist criminals must be taught a lesson.

This illegal state of Israel, created with the blessing of Islam-hating west, has to be removed from the face of the earth. It is a danger not only to the Arabs but to all decent people around the globe. Not satisfied with robbing the Palestinians of their land these obnoxious animals continue to terrorize anyone who does not accept their distorted point of view, as we just saw in the Mediterranean with ships carrying supplies to Gaza. It is now time for everyone to face the fact that there is a devil in their midst and they have to stop talking and start acting.   aziz anom