Friday Night Open Thread: When Does a Regulated Society Become a Prison? When Does a Prison Become a Gulag? Posted by Oppo on 14 August 2026, 6:00 pm & When does an Open Thread become too serious for a light humor site? 1
Oh yeah …. reminds me I gotta ad cnteloulpe to this weekends’ grocery shopping list. 1 Reply to this comment
When does a regulated society become a prison? When the people think more and more regulation equals more freedom, when media outweighs critical thought, and when feelings hold more sway than logic. 2 Reply to this comment
When does a regulated society become a prison? When do bras go from supportive to prohibitive? 3 Reply to this comment
Too serious? Not as long as I have a big enough supply of bourbon. 🥃
… Sorry. Thought you said “Barbeau.”
You can never have a big enough supply.
Yowza!
Oh yeah …. reminds me I gotta ad cnteloulpe to this weekends’ grocery shopping list.
I think the implementation of an archipelago must be involved.
Why does the Obama Center look like a Muslim Medieval Torture Chamber?
LOOK like?
Offhand I’d say when a guy like Putin takes over the country.
It often occurs when the people lose the ability to defend themselves …
Which came first, the Regulated Society, Ghetto, Prison or Gulag?
It’s a shackle-and-leg problem.
Comrade, come with us – You’re making too many questions…
I can’t breathe, I can’t breathe, ………..
— me, when I get a big enough supply of Barbeau.
When does a regulated society become a prison?
When the people think more and more regulation equals more freedom, when media outweighs critical thought, and when feelings hold more sway than logic.
When does a regulated society become a prison?
When do bras go from supportive to prohibitive?
That should be a SLotD by itself.
When does a regulated society become a prison?
When words become “violence”.