by Roger Radermacher, Hamilton
I just turned off the news after listening to people ranting and raving about the goings on in DC with the Guard who are there to suppress the crime in the DC area. Who are these that are getting arrested? It’s time to get some statistics on the larger cities in our country on what the percentages are of the young people that can’t read or write, so how could they get a job. So to survive they revert to crime, it’s all that they know. Our judicial system isn’t any smarter, they just let them go. We spend billions to incarcerate criminals who are still no smarter than when they were locked up.
It’s time for change, with the judicial system to start. Let’s start with someone who’s been through the catch and release numerous times, and is before the judge who says ‘I’m going to give you a choice, it’s you that has to decide the route you are going to take. The sentence is, to sentence you to X amount of years or the opportunity to learn how to read and write so that you can support yourself and become a loyal citizen of the community. The reward for this shall be that after X amount of time your record shall be wiped clean. To break the agreement your sentence would revert back to the original long term sentence.’
I would guess that the cost to teach someone to read and write would be far less than long term incarceration.
I thought I had finished my thoughts but more has come to mind, the horrific shooting in Minneapolis. I don’t need to elaborate as you get the news. What bothers me is the negative remarks that come out of the mouths of governors and mayors, we don’t need help. To me they don’t know right from wrong which to me is to say it’s OK. If that’s who you are then you’re not fit for the job you’re in. I see it every day in the hate and anger which is nothing more than Satan at work.
God bless America and those who know right from wrong.
Gomez says
“I hate to say it but one consequence of a secular society might be more corruption since those in important positions no longer see any higher power existing than themselves.”
Religiosity has never stopped people from doing illegal or immoral things. That said, I can think of many immoral & violent acts that have been perpetrated specifically BECAUSE of a belief in a god. They justify their actions in the name of their god, claiming that they KNOW this is what he wants. Cool story bro, prove it.
Timothy Adams says
This is what you get when the GOP abandons academia and thus the courts. We’ve elected one right wing judge in the past 20 years and he’s most worried about… Iran. From the bench of the STATE Supreme Court.
The truth is from schools to courts to newspapers, ethics are no longer a concern. The ACLU which used to defend speech now defends Mexican rapists.
I hate to say it but one consequence of a secular society might be more corruption since those in important positions no longer see any higher power existing than themselves. Our institutions have died so one party can have temporary control.