The Supreme Court has barred a former Louisiana inmate from suing prison officials who cut his dreadlocks in violation of his Rastafari religious beliefs.
I saw this on the BBC. I kept looking for some kind of rationale, like maybe he had head lice and it was a threat to a community with so many people in such a tight space. Setting entirely aside that issue, I figured, there had to be a good reason. Nope. At least the BBC did not give one.
So then wouldn’t it just come down to assault? Assault does not have to ‘hurt’. It just means unwanted touching. (If it does hurt, that’s called ‘assault and battery.’ Battering a person meaning to hurt them in some way.) So I suppose they have justifications for that as well, but it wouldn’t have to involve religion. And might be harder to prove/win.
Regardless of the individual rationale, they have a duty to accommodate religious beliefs.
Your example is just as bad as force feeding a vegan beef because they are anemic. Yes technically it’s “better” for them, but you have every other option to deal with it that doesn’t involve infringing on their rights. Don’t be a lazy, criminally negligent dick.
It was for lols and putting that n word in his place. No matter what the law says prisoners are slaves and have no rights. For the 1000s abused its extremely rare for it to hit the news or go viral.
Not saying I agree with it. I was in that system in Alabama as a teen and in my 20s. I never went to jail for something I actually did.
I saw this on the BBC. I kept looking for some kind of rationale, like maybe he had head lice and it was a threat to a community with so many people in such a tight space. Setting entirely aside that issue, I figured, there had to be a good reason. Nope. At least the BBC did not give one.
So then wouldn’t it just come down to assault? Assault does not have to ‘hurt’. It just means unwanted touching. (If it does hurt, that’s called ‘assault and battery.’ Battering a person meaning to hurt them in some way.) So I suppose they have justifications for that as well, but it wouldn’t have to involve religion. And might be harder to prove/win.
Regardless of the individual rationale, they have a duty to accommodate religious beliefs.
Your example is just as bad as force feeding a vegan beef because they are anemic. Yes technically it’s “better” for them, but you have every other option to deal with it that doesn’t involve infringing on their rights. Don’t be a lazy, criminally negligent dick.
Lol like hummus and spinach. Very cheap and high in iron.
…or just pills with iron in them. Even cheaper and long shelf life.
Exactly. This is a “no beef is the first thing we thought of” situation.
It was for lols and putting that n word in his place. No matter what the law says prisoners are slaves and have no rights. For the 1000s abused its extremely rare for it to hit the news or go viral.
Not saying I agree with it. I was in that system in Alabama as a teen and in my 20s. I never went to jail for something I actually did.