I Hate Criminals (and everything else)
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I agree with your general mindframe. I would like to add my own thoughts: Criminals is a very loose and ambiguous term to me. To one person, you might be a criminal, but to another, you are a hero. The only reason why someone legally would be called a "criminal" is if they did something that broke the law of that particular society they are living in. They could do that very same thing in another society, and probably not be a criminal. For example, if I'm a very responsible gun owner in a country that allows the legal possession of firearms, I'm an upstanding moral citizen! But drop me in another country where possession of firearms is illegal, now I'm a criminal. So the essence of the person has not changed. They are the same person in both scenarios. What makes them a criminal or upstanding citizen is dependent upon the laws of that society. Why does this bother me? Because it's so ambiguous and fickle. Anyone can make up any law and suddenly you are a criminal when it was previously legal for the last 200 years and I was not a criminal. It comes to down to a matter of viewpoints. I asked a similar question about who is a traitor and a hero, and the answer is you can actually be both at the same time, it just depends on whose side you are on. So I don't really know what criminal means and who criminals are because everyone is a criminal and everyone is not a criminal all at the same time. Sure, you may not have murdered or raped someone, but you're still a criminal if you stole some bread to try and save the life of a dying starving loved one. It's so wishy-washy. I would like to see a lot more creative methods and approaches to "rehabilitating" so-called criminals. I, do agree with the idea that they should be put to "work", for the sake of learning how to work hard, contribute to society, but also build character, self-esteem, skills, experience, and it benefits everyone. But it's all about money, and we are all ruled by greed, so the best solutions will never be used because they often do not make anyone any money. This is the sad reality about the human condition, "human depravity". I made a debate about this recently. 1
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I agree with what you say. You just described the exact opposite of this new age extremist Socialist democrat party. They are all about HAND OUTS...... not hand ups. We all know why this is. Its the vote stupid! Democrats get 95% of the Black vote every election even though Democrats never help get them out of poverty or out of the ghettos. All Democrats do is create more Government social programs to help keep minorities on welfare so as to keep their vote. Loving parent helps their children to grow up, take responsibility for their choices, teach them the value of hard work and supporting themselves. Love and compassion teaches responsibility and accountbility for one's choices. Democrats are the exact opposite of true compassion. They are ALL about politics and getting elected. Loving parent helps their children to grow up, take responsibility for their choices, teach them the value of hard work and supporting themselves. Love and compassion teaches responsibility and accountbility for one's choices. You really expect the state to love you? I think you really are expecting too much from the state that they can be responsible for steering peoples lives in such a profound way. People are going to fuck up. Period. The question is, should we help them when they do and by how much. 1
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we help people by setting the minimum to be a less than comfortable provision. if they choose crime, it's dealt with harshly, effectively making the poorest the same as those in prison but with liberty. in prison there will be no opportunities to be better. only time served at a hard labor to make up the damage you've done, and then you're back on the streets with the same provision, and the hope you'll choose opportunity over further crime. - the idea however of a provision is somewhat disgusting to me, as nothing should be free...but there should still be some amount of safety net. some minimum that anyone can live off of uncomfortably....Assuming we have the right to life, which seems dubious to me. as how can a nation so big and so disconnected from the every-man ensure that right? - I dunno. I made this post because I'm pretty much furious at everything for not working. both in the "not producing goods" and the "not functioning correctly" way. |