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2007-06-30 Britain

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Posted by lotp 2007-06-30 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Alternate solutions:
Bring back the 'hulks' (of old ships) and prison barges in the Thames.
Capital punishment (lots).
Call Joe Arpaio for referrals to good tent suppliers.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2007-06-30 07:38|| 2007-06-30 07:38|| Front Page Top

#2 Difficult to fatham the concern:

British Concentration Camp Statistics - April 1901

Boer Prisoner Populations (including sickness/death rate for April 1901)
* Not including Transvaal

Barberton 425 (59 sick, 4 deaths)
Middleburg 1292 (130 sick, 9 deaths)
Irene 3703 (317 sick, 49 deaths)
Johannesburg 3170 (139 sick, 90 deaths)
Potchefstroom 5724 (62 sick, 24 deaths)
Klerksdorp 991 (19 sick, 2 deaths)
Krugersdorp 1088 (2 sick)
Vereeniging 833 (24 sick, 5 deaths)
Heidelberg 1136 (66 sick, 2 deaths)
Standerton 1237 (47 sick, 35 deaths)
Volksrust 3578 (66 sick, 26 deaths)
Mafeking 765 (152 sick, 4 deaths)
Total Boer prisoner population 23942
Women 7605
Children 12664
Total sick 1083
Total deaths 250

Transvaal Concentration Camp Statistics - mid-1901

Death rate in Transvaal Boer Prison Camps

Bloemfontein (April 2 - July 2, 1901 Total prisoners = 4339)
Deaths Men 33 Women 80 Children under 8 years 198
Total deaths 311
Infectious disease 101
Lung and heart disease 99
Typhoid, dysentery, diarrhoea 107
Debility, old age 4

Kroonstad (1 April - 26 May, 1901: Total prisoners = 2638)
Deaths Men 17 Women 20 Children under 8 years 67
Total deaths 104
Infectious disease 33
Lung and heart disease 30
Typhoid, dysentery, diarrhoea 39
Debility, old age 8

Posted by Besoeker 2007-06-30 10:28|| 2007-06-30 10:28|| Front Page Top

#3 I have a better idea: send them back to Pakistan.

Posted by Elmereter Hupash6222 2007-06-30 13:24|| 2007-06-30 13:24|| Front Page Top

#4 send them back to Pakistan.

Cruel and unusual punishment.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2007-06-30 13:38|| 2007-06-30 13:38|| Front Page Top

#5 I'm just fine with this so long as they're freeing the regular yobs to make room for lots more Muslims.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-06-30 14:57|| 2007-06-30 14:57|| Front Page Top

#6 I suppose "dangerous" means resists theives, and "non-dangerous" means everybody else.

Posted by James">James 2007-06-30 17:49|| http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com]">[http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com] 2007-06-30 17:49|| Front Page Top

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