Everyone loves to forget that America was also a British penal colony[1]. They also love to forget that America also has the highest rate of incarceration in the developed world[2].

Stop with the "Australia is a penal colony" bullshit.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penal_colony

[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_incarcerat...