Anthony Jeselnik Quotes
I will never understand how a mother can kill her own baby and not get away with it.
Jeselnik, Anthony. Caligula. Comedy Central Records, 2013.
One of the major motivations for abortion at that time in both England and the United States is the terrible stigma which a child born out of wedlock faced together with the mother. When the stigma of so called “illegitimate children” began to diminish, one of the causes of abortion weakened. Note, that like other feminist leaders of the time, she opposed abortion. However, between the economic pressures and the illegality of birth control devices and information provision, abortion was a critical decision that had to be faced by many women. Later, feminist leadership had to come to grips with the issue of who makes the decision in these areas, and placed the right of the woman to make these decisions, as opposed to husbands, fathers and government, as the highest priority. Then, when the drivers for abortion could not be eliminated, it was women who were criminalized. Feminists then fought for the right of abortion and the right of the woman to make decisions, but feminine leadership has never—in America—been advocates of abortion as opposed to the right of abortion, a subtlety that often is lost.
Arguing against the them law of hanging thieves:
This is an amazingly intellectually advanced quotation. Herman Helcher, was a former pupil of hers who had become mentally deranged and tried to murder her and left her permanently injured. She not only argued against the jailing of a mentally ill person, but she recognized mental illness for what it is—a disease of the brain. This concept was not appreciated by most American politicians or constituents even into the 21st century.
The sheriff was responsible for the Cook County Jail. At the time of the interview, Dart had 2500 mentally ill people in his job, making the Cook County Jail the largest insane asylum in the country. The worst part about that situation was that the jail is in no position to provide proper diagnosis and treatment for the mentally ill.
Mental illness is the cause of many crimes and treatment can prevent many of them. However, another reason we see so many in jail with mental disase is that the laws mak invountary committment to mental instittuions almost impossible, so when mentally ill people are behaving anti socially and refuse to get mental treatment, most communities resort to teh criminal courts and jail. In many part of America, there are no professionals who can even tell the difference between a criminal with and a criminal without mental disease. See Quotation 644075.
Anthony Jeselnik is an American comedian, writer, actor, and producer. He is known for his dark comedy style, which emphasizes ironic misdirection, non sequiturs, biting insults, an arrogant demeanor, and a stage persona that frequently takes amoral stances.
