The slaves of the American old south were purchased property their owners had a monetary investment in them while they could be wantonly cruel if they wanted to it didn't make sense from a business standpoint. The Germans and the Japanese had tens of thousands of prisoners if they didn't move fast enough or work hard enough they could easily be dispatched and another was available to take their place. The guards however lowly their stations in life were gods above their charges and the slaves live their life between threats and promises.

Explained another way, dieting encourages and has high rates of recidivism. Thus, one diet leads to another which leads to another and consequently you find yourself yo-yo dieting, now also referred to as weight cycling. Weight cycling leads to short-term results, depression, and your dispensing lots and lots of cash to ease the pain. You are the diet corporations' best investment and for them it's nothing personal, just good business. Want proof? The fact that the diet industry has over the past 20 years tripled its annual gross income to a staggering $50 billion and is continuing to grow as are the obesity rates of Americans should be proof enough.

So, what to do. America is a punishing society. 1 in 150 people in this country are incarcerated. More then any other industrialized country. All signs at the border should read "Welcome to America, don't fuck up." And addicts are criminals. Possession of a controlled substance is against the law and so we think that addicts should be punished right along with all the other trump criminal justice reform scum.

Things were a bit more hopeful in an adjoining courthouse. Here a large early 20s African-American male stood cuffed and shackled at the defendant's table. He was surrounded by four corrections officers, double the normal contingent, in theory to prevent an escape attempt. The young man faced multiple charges including a felony that drove his bail up to $100,000. However, he had not yet been indicted on the felony charge which suggested that the state was having trouble assembling sufficient evidence.

According to court records, Postiglione faced assault charges in 2011 after an unrelated arrest on June 22, 2011. An adjournment in contemplation of dismissal was ordered on Sept. 20, 2012, which would dismiss and expunge Postiglione's charges if he had no contact with the criminal justice reform until March 14, 2012.