Does he?
Without a doubt
The little toerag doesnât seem to get that (a) people donât get sent to prison for no good reason and (b) it costs a lot of money to keep them there. The work you do pays for the work that other people have to do while youâre behind bars. Have to pay for your own soap and whatnot? Oh, the horror! Who do you think would be paying for it if you werenât in prison? While I agree that prisons are fundamentally stupid, the guy completely loses his potential audience with entitled whinging.
Azn Han Solo my ass.
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The guy was smuggling marijuana snacksâŚthat hardly requires the death penalty.
This thread is seeing some pretty shocking and completely unnecessary vitriol. Anyone who smokes MJ is East Asia is an idiot? Where the fuck does that come from?
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(Sigh.) Matt. 25:36, âI was in prison and you visited me.â Thereâs your Magic 8-Ball.
I donât have too much sympathy for people in prison but it sure makes me think about the expensive bag that I bought from the bookstore. They should be doing things for society and not for big companies.
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I am amazed at the confidence you people have in Taiwanâs legal system.
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Iâve always thought how we treat the lowest people of our society like prisoners really define us.
Yes maybe the guys full of himself. I donât presume to know him. But I do know prison has a mentality that encourages prisoners to boast about their crime. Some crimes are respected more than others. And being in for some crimes give you privileges while others youâll be someoneâs bitch. So Iâm guessing he had to keep up a facade for many years. Prison is just a pretty hostile environment. You donât last very long being ânormalâ That and people who are locked in a cell 24hr for years with nothing to do and probably hasnât accomplished much in life. You can see how in their minds they might hold on to or build up something like smuggling in their minds to keep a level of sanity. These defense mechanisms might keep them alive and sane in prison, but unfortunately they donât do well in life with them outside and it seems like the blogger is a example of that. It doesnât help with the general attitude of people you can already see here. One bad action doesnât make you a bad person.
Death penalty for drugs? Really guys?
Although like others said, they arenât there for no reason but if youâve talked to some of them. Itâs almost not a surprise they ended up there. People usually donât land in prison from one bad choice. It usually resulted in a series of choices and some of them arenât even in their control. They are ultimately responsible for their actions but sometimes Iâve wonder how life could have been different for some of them with the shit that happened to them. T
Unless youâre Nelson Mandela, prison will fuck up your head bad for most people. Most people will never spend time in one. But Iâve never seen one here or the US that actually tries to rehabilitate people. And itâs not normal labor. They are forced to and Iâm not ok with that. In the US they are forced to or thrown into isolation. Isolation is torture. Human beings are not meant to be isolated in a cell with no window and no one else for days. Take a look at this video about solitary confinement.
I think the phrase let who has not sinned cast the first stone is what someone is looking for.
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When I read the article, I was thinking about the bad influence on the writer. No one gets better by being in prison.
Andrew is onto something. Whether one takes the position that cannabis smugglers or any other types of criminals do or do not deserve solitary confinement, itâs a practice thatâs in the process of being found unconstitutional in Canada and probably other countries (not absolutely unconstitutional, but e.g. it can only be done for five consecutive days).
Remember Zain Dean? Didnât Scotland say Taiwanâs prisons are not fit for Scotsmen? Itâs something to keep in mind. 
Him holding on to this criminal past isnât something new for people who gone into the prison system. When you get in, youâre literally stripped of your identity. You become inmate 1111 or whatever number. So holding on to something for people that probably hasnât done to much in their life is a way to keep sane when you have nothing and are locked up with no identity. And like I said, your crimes also hold value sadly in prison. You might be respected for one vs another. Whether a person changes and tries to do better is up to them. But Iâm just saying prison doesnât really do a good job of rehabilitation with the said example.
But a lot of good literature does get written, so swings and roundabouts. 
Taiwan was fit for a fake Pakistani Scotsman to come to Taiwan and do business here, yet it isnât fit for serving prison time. The tragedy in this case however is not the warped logic of Scottish courts, the tragedy lies in the inability of the NIA to conduct proper passport controls.
Not sure if Azn Han Soloâs writing counts as âgood literature,â but maybe a professional editor can whip it into shape.
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But does it still count as solitary if you share your cell with a bunch of deities? 
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If the self is an illusion, itâs like youâre not even there.
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