Thanks for writing! I finished the transcription for your post.
Sorry to seem like a nitpick, but sometimes the fancy lettering makes it very hard to read. It seems the person who attempted to transcribe this before me gave up from an illegible word. I also could not make out the word, but I hope you don't mind that I skipped ahead and finished the transcription without the final line of the second Haiku. Be well.
I've heard my fair share of hustles, and not all are corrupt. Some are however, and whether they are linked to the system or linked to other offenders, profiting to the detriment of the other is morally wrong. Justification and rationalization doesn't change the fact that by just "doing what I have to, to get by," makes someone else's time...harder. The prisoner code may say some hustles are acceptable that the prison code disallows, and vice versa. That doesn't even matter in ethics; in ethics, the end does not justify the means. If both codes say the hustle is acceptable, I would wager no other offender suffers for its use. I could give examples but I chose not to jam up anyone's game. The house I lived, in my youth, had a motto everyone laughed at: "Desperate men...desperate measures." I understand know exactly how humorless that motto is.
Hi Dymitri; I transcribed your letter, I hope I did not make mistakes, as I am Italian my English it is not perfect. I agree with all you wrote.The ability to believe in ourselves is fundamental for our correct psychological balance and for our psychophysical well-being. Alberto from ITALY
I realise you said there will be follow ups to this post, but it seems to deserve some reply now. Am I correct in assuming you, as a prisoner yourself, believe that the "finger of blame" (which so far as I can tell could just as easily be the middle as the index) should be pointed by prisoners at prisoners? It seems a bit like a slave on a transport ship directing his anger at the person next to him for getting his diarrhea all over him, or for trying to stretch his tragically cramped limbs in the hold where they are the cargo. Perhaps these neighbors-in-misery could behave in ways more optimal for each others' comfort, but at the same time, who is REALLY to blame there for the discomfort? The less than perfectly considerate fellow slave-to-be, fellow kidnapping victim, or the people who forced him into that god-forsaken boat to begin with? Many of us out here will uphold your right as a prisoner in a deeply injust system to complain as you see fit, and I suppose that has to extend even to those who choose to point the finger at their co-sufferers rathen than at their captors. But perhaps you'd reconsider a bit?
Hello Dymitri. I believe I do understand what you may be feeling in those situations. It seems a little like an Inquisition torturer (to use one of your metaphors) reading from the Quran as he murders a Muslim for his faith. And with you, I also believe Mssrs de la Rocha, Wilk, Commerford, and Morello would not be happy to know their music was played by police on the job. I'm sure they'd gladly return the royalties in a jiffy. Thanks for your thoughts. Please do keep them coming.
Hi Jennifer! I transcribed your letter, I hope I did not make mistakes, as I am Italian my English it is not perfect. Unfortunately I could not read a couple of words and I had to write some asterisks. I read with great interest what you wrote about Christians who must be united and do God’s will together. Today I'd like to tell you something about Italian history. Italy has been subject to various foreign dominations, including those of the Ostrogoths and Lombards in the 6th and 7th centuries, the Byzantines and Franks in the Middle Ages, and, more extensively and for a longer period, the Spanish and French between the 15th and 18th centuries. In the modern era, the territory was divided into regional states under the control of foreign powers such as the Austrian Habsburgs and the Bourbons, until unification in 1861. Best regards. Alberto (Italy)
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Sorry to seem like a nitpick, but sometimes the fancy lettering makes it very hard to read. It seems the person who attempted to transcribe this before me gave up from an illegible word. I also could not make out the word, but I hope you don't mind that I skipped ahead and finished the transcription without the final line of the second Haiku.
Be well.
Do you have any more poetry or other things to tell us? People are listening!
Adding a little humour to a sometimes overserious blogsite. Good idea! Stay with it.
I transcribed your letter, I hope I did not make mistakes, as I am Italian my English it is not perfect.
I agree with all you wrote.The ability to believe in ourselves is fundamental for our correct psychological balance and for our psychophysical well-being.
Alberto
from
ITALY
Am I correct in assuming you, as a prisoner yourself, believe that the "finger of blame" (which so far as I can tell could just as easily be the middle as the index) should be pointed by prisoners at prisoners? It seems a bit like a slave on a transport ship directing his anger at the person next to him for getting his diarrhea all over him, or for trying to stretch his tragically cramped limbs in the hold where they are the cargo. Perhaps these neighbors-in-misery could behave in ways more optimal for each others' comfort, but at the same time, who is REALLY to blame there for the discomfort? The less than perfectly considerate fellow slave-to-be, fellow kidnapping victim, or the people who forced him into that god-forsaken boat to begin with?
Many of us out here will uphold your right as a prisoner in a deeply injust system to complain as you see fit, and I suppose that has to extend even to those who choose to point the finger at their co-sufferers rathen than at their captors. But perhaps you'd reconsider a bit?
In peace and solidarity.
And with you, I also believe Mssrs de la Rocha, Wilk, Commerford, and Morello would not be happy to know their music was played by police on the job. I'm sure they'd gladly return the royalties in a jiffy.
Thanks for your thoughts. Please do keep them coming.
I transcribed your letter, I hope I did not make mistakes, as I am Italian my English it is not perfect. Unfortunately I could not read a couple of words and I had to write some asterisks.
I read with great interest what you wrote about Christians who must be united and do God’s will together.
Today I'd like to tell you something about Italian history.
Italy has been subject to various foreign dominations, including those of the Ostrogoths and Lombards in the 6th and 7th centuries, the Byzantines and Franks in the Middle Ages, and, more extensively and for a longer period, the Spanish and French between the 15th and 18th centuries. In the modern era, the territory was divided into regional states under the control of foreign powers such as the Austrian Habsburgs and the Bourbons, until unification in 1861.
Best regards.
Alberto (Italy)