tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907216.post1505400184161911290..comments2024-03-18T21:55:15.007-05:00Comments on I don't know, but . . .: Ministry to sex offendersjameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01792036361407527304noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907216.post-89478351330062276042014-07-17T20:43:27.230-05:002014-07-17T20:43:27.230-05:00I'd forgotten that detail from the story. A g...I'd forgotten that detail from the story. A good yarn, yes, but I remember putting it down at the end and thinking "nope, can't work like that." I liked Earthsea better.jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01792036361407527304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907216.post-31364371921582612462014-07-17T10:13:34.298-05:002014-07-17T10:13:34.298-05:00The original meaning of "insane asylum" ...The original meaning of "insane asylum" was a place people could go who couldn't control themselves enough for protection against the predictable retaliation of their neighbors. Quickly, though, such a place becomes a simpler matter of protecting the neighbors from the crazy people.<br /><br />There's a science fiction story by Ursula LeGuin ("The Dispossessed") about a planet colonized by anarchists. They don't have prisons (or even laws, for the most part), but they do have places for people to go who have outraged their neighbors to the point of making life unsafe for themselves. The story scrupulously avoids thinking about what happens when you encourage a congregation of that sort. Great yarn, though.Texan99https://www.blogger.com/profile/10479561573903660086noreply@blogger.com