25 de marzo de 2007
Este párrafo de la reseña de Stephen Cave (cortesía de Fernando Peregrín) “There is already ample evidence that prison is effectively where society sends those whose brains do not work properly. A report released last month suggested over a quarter of the UK’s almost 80,000 prison population have an IQ of lower than 80 and suspected learning disabilities, such as forms of autism and dyslexia. Another study carried out at the Young Offenders’ Institute in Aylesbury showed that if prisoners were given minerals and fatty acids essential for proper brain functioning, they committed 37 per cent fewer violent offences.”
Y este último: “Perhaps it is too early to throw open the prison doors, close down the courts and resign ourselves to the remorseless laws of nature. But there is no doubt that as we learn more about the mechanics of the mind, we will need to rethink some of our deepest beliefs about ourselves and our society. Each of these three volumes sheds some light on the work that needs to be done. But the book that really does justice to this question is yet to be written.”
El asunto de la violencia política. Se comprende que sea el más delicado. Al fin y al cabo el violador puede decir: “Yo no lo hice. Fue mi cerebro”. ¿Pero en qué lugar quedará el ideal cuando al terrorista le digan: “No mataste por la patria, sino por tu actividad eléctrica”.
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Para la ignorantsia, que aún no ha entendido la naturaleza del pirateo contemporáneo
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“Los hombres las siguen matando”, dice la portada de El País, con prosa de El Caso de posguerra.
Qué escándalo. ¡Como si todos los hombres fueran del PP!
