tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184990032979540229.post7915200478582723172..comments2023-10-25T09:49:43.089+01:00Comments on BEN'S PRISON BLOG - Lifer On The Loose: Big Earsprisonerbenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14923205052778958118noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184990032979540229.post-45125360844335311162012-09-30T20:13:24.580+01:002012-09-30T20:13:24.580+01:00I have been around nearly 64years, and I have neve...I have been around nearly 64years, and I have never heard of the word "Onanist" before! I am a Gnostic, as well. I know what an "Onan" is though, a very good on-board generator, for the boat, and ship industry. Now, that is useful! It seems that Onanist, comes from the French, and it's not very useful at all. So lets forget the word, and get on with our Eternity, or don't you have one of those?noggin48https://www.blogger.com/profile/00745925847601358717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184990032979540229.post-70552207918819160402012-09-28T14:31:17.000+01:002012-09-28T14:31:17.000+01:00You needn't have bothered - I noted your (weak...You needn't have bothered - I noted your (weak) riposte the *first* time. Are you telling me that you thought I was using the words onanist/wanker in the literal sense?<br /><br />*Everyone* (who has ever been) is ‘uniquely placed’ to comment on prison life by virtue of the fact that everyone’s story/experiences is/are different. <br />Darbynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184990032979540229.post-32931282064159429752012-09-28T14:29:11.813+01:002012-09-28T14:29:11.813+01:00But Anonymous - perhaps Ben likes rugby while you ...But Anonymous - perhaps Ben likes rugby while you like football? Rice not pasta? Perhaps Ben wants to work in an academic and/or journalist and/or policy research role while you prefer something hands on and practical - ambulance driver? - or something with numbers - accountant? - whatever. Perhaps Ben wants to engage and discuss his life experience and impact on the society around him while so doing, while you prefer to put it behind you and forge a new and differentiated life. Why is either choice wrong?!Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01708444000412716821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184990032979540229.post-6011607640831295122012-09-28T12:40:14.271+01:002012-09-28T12:40:14.271+01:00Absolutely not, let me explain the first paragraph...Absolutely not, let me explain the first paragraph of my response in terms that the intellectually challenged (maybe you?) will understand....<br />The man who spent 32 years inside is far more likely to be an onanist (yes I know it means wanker) or certainly have been an onanist, unless he embraced situational homosexuality, than the man who hasn't (unnecessarily) spent the last 32 years inside!!!<br />Now that's cleared up why don't you have a bash at debunking the premise of my original post ie that Ben isn't uniquely placed to comment on prison life, he's just another ex-con the same as plenty of others; the difference is we adopted a grin and bear it attitude and hot on with life during and after imprisonment Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184990032979540229.post-10770429283581013812012-09-28T11:39:24.141+01:002012-09-28T11:39:24.141+01:00'The man who spent 32 years inside is more lik...'The man who spent 32 years inside is more likely to be an onanist than me I suggest....'<br /><br />Apologies. It seems as though 'Wanker' got lost in translation.<br /><br />Darbynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184990032979540229.post-79159042699068837572012-09-28T10:59:34.249+01:002012-09-28T10:59:34.249+01:00Onanist???
The man who spent 32 years inside is m...Onanist??? <br />The man who spent 32 years inside is more likely to be an onanist than me I suggest.... Unless of course he found some other means of satisfying his needs. Situational homosexuality is rife in prisons, more common in the female estate, but non the less it does go on in the male estate too...<br /><br /> Now that's out of the way , your response completely ignores the point I made. Although the pain of confinement cannot be underestimated ( read society of captives by Gresham M Sykes for a true portrayal of this pain), the point I was making was that Ben is not uniquely placed to hold an opinion on prison, nor is he uniquely placed to comment, nor is his opinion the absolute gospel on prison; it is merely his opinion which he is perfectly entitled to hold. As is " loud man" too.<br /><br />Get it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184990032979540229.post-20518718885277396462012-09-28T10:27:22.825+01:002012-09-28T10:27:22.825+01:00'Was it all that bad???'
Perhaps, if you&...'Was it all that bad???'<br /><br />Perhaps, if you'd spent Thirty-Two years plus behind the door - you would know the answer.<br /><br />P.S. Onanist!Darbynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184990032979540229.post-31825178573992353442012-09-28T10:02:05.216+01:002012-09-28T10:02:05.216+01:00I find it intriguing how you assume that your insi...I find it intriguing how you assume that your insight into prison life would enlighten the loud man that you refer to or even change his views about it. <br />Maybe he ( like myself) was in prison in the early 80s and remembers slopping out, weekly trips to the bath house, appallingly bad food, real staff brutality, wearing prison clothing that was poorly laundered and often lice ridden and being addressed by you surname.. That was the reality of Wandsworth, scrubs and Oxford in 82-89.<br />Maybe (like me) he returned to prison in recent times (2011) and found that he was called mr by staff, and could get legal aid to challenge those who didn't call him mr. He could now wear his own clothes, shower on his cell or if not in an em suite cell at least shower once a day, his weekly letter had been replaced by daily phone calls in which he could discuss which one of three options he had chosen for dinner that evening....<br />Hardly surprising that someone who has such a comparitor would call prison today a holiday camp, be careful Ben; maybe taking this loud man aside to "engage" or "reach out" to might result in you having to face up to the biggest question of all .... Was it all that bad???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184990032979540229.post-46620149265199882752012-09-27T12:39:11.957+01:002012-09-27T12:39:11.957+01:00Why do you keep having a pop at the Mail when your...Why do you keep having a pop at the Mail when your recent article in the Guardian produced comments that were just as bad?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184990032979540229.post-13846612604915102432012-09-27T02:47:28.723+01:002012-09-27T02:47:28.723+01:00I may have the logic wrong here, so if I do, pleas...I may have the logic wrong here, so if I do, please let me know, but:<br /> <br /> - the mail did an article on surreptitious, sexually-charged photography of unsuspecting women and girls.<br /> - having apparently lost their minds, they figured a good way to ilustrate this would be to publish some of the photos in question. <br /> - at least two of these photos were of shoolgirls whose ages could not possibly be known<br /> - it is known that about 40% of the photos in their pool of possible source material are of underage girls.<br /> - therefor there is a good chance they published sexual photos of underage girls <br /><br />(and apparently they have since republished the images censored with black boxes)Jessnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184990032979540229.post-44808032490865015972012-09-26T20:23:52.926+01:002012-09-26T20:23:52.926+01:00Sorry. Being thick here Tallguy. Have read everyth...Sorry. Being thick here Tallguy. Have read everything from your link, but still fail to connect it to this post or anything else really.<br />Please elaborate.Petehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08619587236006013781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184990032979540229.post-64566597533780397662012-09-26T13:56:58.271+01:002012-09-26T13:56:58.271+01:00The daily mail recently posted child pornography o...The daily mail recently posted child pornography online. <br />http://tabloid-watch.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/mailonline-publishes-creepshots.html<br /><br />Associating with them might be incompatible with your licence.tallguynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184990032979540229.post-8866124585484123032012-09-26T07:51:37.634+01:002012-09-26T07:51:37.634+01:00If there was a column by you in the Mail, I might ...If there was a column by you in the Mail, I might even buy the rag myself.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02269272926588920566noreply@blogger.com