That Would Ennh Oh

Normally, when I read about something vaguely politics/goverment related in the press I have a "on the one hand, but on the other" reaction. In the case of the recent article in the New York Times on loosening regulations to allow more biomedical testing on prisoners, my reaction is an unequivocal "absolutely not, never, maybe when the sun bloats up and boils away the oceans."

To me, the potential for abuse when you combine a profit motive with prisoners that don't live in a free enviroment and that likely won't understand what it is that they're being asked to do is just so ridiculously high that I think it's absurd that people would even consider it. But then again, a lot of people don't seem to think that prisoners are really people so I suppose I shouldn't be surprised.