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For Doc McGowan: Lockean Principles in a Filipino Prison

Posted by lemorris | 23rd January 2008

This is perhaps the nerdiest (i.e. the most academic) blog I hope to write the entire year. Bear with me, but I understand if you don't actually read this one. (Wow, I'm really building this one up to be a popular one, eh?)

Several days a week, a group of World Racers headed to the local prisons to minister to the inmates. We bring food and offer encouragement at the smaller prison of several dozen inmates, while at the larger one we come bearing our joyful presence to the 700-something inmates. We sing songs with them, listen to their stories, and build relationships. The living conditions are deplorable, space is cramped, and the room is sweltering. Basically, I cannot imagine living there for years on end. But that is not the point of this blog. Sarah wrote a great piece on what it's like in the prison.

While at the smaller prison, I was talking with one of the men who had been there for several weeks. He was one of about 25 men sharing a small cell. He was telling me about hi

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