[Publius Valerius]

You're a real humanitarian. I take it that you've never been in a prison or a jail. You know, I really don't hear the comments about how prisoners are "coddled" from folks who have set foot inside those places.

They are horrible, awful places.

[albee]

"Now some folks wait and some folks pray,
For Jesus to rise up again.
But none of them folks in their holy cloaks,
Ever took Tookie on as a friend.
For pity's a crime and it ain't worth a dime,
To a person who is really in need,
Just treat him the same as you would your good name,
Next time that your heart starts to bleed."

With apologies to John Prine who used many of these phrases in his song, "Billy The Bum".