FrJohn

Activity: 6 comments, 2 transcriptions

Comments

  • Conner, what a great blessing you have stepped forward. I helped Guy for years trying to find a digital footprint for your dad. Guy has wonderful memories to share of your dad as a baby and toddler. He is fully aware he was misrepresented by his ex when your dad ...
    on Untitled by Guy S. Alexander May 3, 2024
  • Something you said made me remember something someone said to me in jail with a straight face. I was asked, "Do you know why most people leave Jesus behind in jail?" I said, "No." The reply was, "So he is there when they get back." I did not laugh. After ...
    on Peeling off the dead weights (Part 4) by Jennifer Johnson May 13, 2024
  • Dymitri, I updated the transcription with paragraph breaks. I know philoosophy and sociology is your gig. But I had a big smile seeing an admitted agnostic quoting a reverend. Explain how that happened...I assume organically? I need to include you, brother, on a conversation I've been having with multiple people, ...
    on I Don't Wanna be a Pinhead No More: Thomas Merton, Rehabilitation, and Brainwashing by Dymitri Haraszewski Jan. 31, 2026
  • Is language a weapon? Recently, we had a conversation about the use of the word ‘offender’ in relation to systemic bias towards those convicted of a crime or those who admit to doing something via a plea agreement. Is offender a different word from inmate or prisoner? Yes. It is ...
    on I Don't Wanna be a Pinhead No More: Thomas Merton, Rehabilitation, and Brainwashing by Dymitri Haraszewski Jan. 31, 2026
  • Dymitri, I wrote you a long, detailed snail mail on December 29, 2025. Perhaps longer than may be entertaining, but you asked a few questions that weren't quite ideal in their possible use as cannon fodder for the masses. Another comment from this reply to my post. Speaking of that ...
    on Music to My Ears (Like a Gun to My Head) by Dymitri Haraszewski Jan. 31, 2026
  • There is very sad truth in these words. Beautifully stated, it points to the deep disconnect between the criminal justice system and any sense of rehabilitation, penitence, repentence, and even common sense. Justice, giving what is due, is not a description of the American prison system. It is daunting to ...
    on Most Obvious Indications You're Losing Your Mind In Prison by Eric Wilkes Feb. 12, 2026

Transcriptions

  • I Don't Wanna be a Pinhead No More: Thomas Merton, Rehabilitation, and Brainwashing – Jan. 31, 2026
  • I Don't Wanna be a Pinhead No More: Thomas Merton, Rehabilitation, and Brainwashing – Jan. 31, 2026