Re: francoise, Tough on Crime?

Interesting post.

Since any one of us can be just as easily broken as any one of us, the
philosophy of this post can be considered in some respects. But
however, certain societal rights must be restricted in some cases...no
matter what. For example, if you rape a kid, you shouldn't ever be
able to work in a day care. Or if you nearly OD'd on heroin about 20
times, you can't expect people to not be suspicious when you say that
it won't ever happen again.

>You who watch as budgets are cut in education and health
>care while you militarize a police force?

He says that like it's a bad thing.






On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 06:59:05 GMT, "Loren Sanders"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>I feel your passion and the conviction of what you're doing in your words.
>Nurture that spark, but keep your eyes open along the way.
>
>Peace/Faith/Hope/Love
>
>Loren
>
>"Friendship is even, if you like, angelic.
>But man needs to be triply protected by
>humility if he is to eat the bread of angels
>without risk." - C.S. Lewis
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>"Bruce Reilly (a.k.a Bruha)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>> Dear Judges, Lawyers, Policemen, Guards, Counselors, Taxpayers, et. al.,
>>
>> We are here.  Like it or not, for good or bad, we are here.  Who are we?
>We are the
>> downtrodden and dispossesed, the self-torturing, the disenfranchised
>convicts,
>> drug and alcohol addicts, the unemployed and unemployable.  We are the
>children of
>> poverty, financial and spiritual.  We have and will have children of our
>own,
>> grandchildren too.  We are ex-cons, uninsured, homeless, of many colors
>and speaking
>> many tongues.  We are the enemy in what has become a domestic war against
>ourselves.
>>
>> And who are you?  You who like the tough talk of Tough on Crime?  You who
>watch as
>> budgets are cut in education and health care while you militarize a police
>force?
>> Bullet-proof vests, automatic weapons, helicopters, tanks, robots ... the
>> testosterone is oozing through the streets, more prisons, longer
>sentences, tighten
>> the belt, spartan conditions, task forces, gang units, gun courts.  And
>what is there
>> to show for it?  Unemployent stays low because half the population
>oversees those
>> "out of the workforce", the dregs, the rabble, the enemy?  Please tell me
>there is a
>> deeper reason.  Do you feel safer?  More humane?  More like a cohesive
>society with a
>> shared sense of purpose, who can identify Us and Them?  Do you live in a
>gated
>> community or gentrified neighborhood?  By the way, have you read the
>Declaration of
>> Independence and US Constitution - or do you only know the first phrases?
>>
>> It's about time we got together.  Please know that I have yet to meet a
>convict who
>> wants their child to be a thief, an addict, a dealer, a prostitute, or a
>violent
>> individual.  Most of us still have hope for ourselves even when stuck in
>the darkest
>> dilemmas, ruts and catch-22s.  Most of us believe in crafting laws and
>instilling
>> order.  Many of us have burrowed beneath the surface to find a spiritual
>sense of
>> being, an understanding force at least as powerful as those we succumbed
>to, and many
>> of use wouldn't escape if you opened the front door.  Did you know that
>approximately
>> 10 million Americans are either incarcerated, on probation, on parole or
>once were in
>> those categories?  Each of those 10 million have families, friends,
>neighbors ... and
>> so closer and closer does the We interface with the You.  Don't you think
>it's time we
>> talked?
>>
>> Are you ready?  Can you accept that the road we are travelling points
>toward a grim
>> and painful future?  Do you have the heart to face monumental failures
>while bravely
>> struggling beyond where we are now?  I know that some of you are, and that
>some of us
>> are, and this is what gives me hope.  You need our insights just as we
>need your
>> structure.  It is never over, especially when a real solution, a real
>treatment for
>> our sickness, is yet to begin.
>>
>>                                                    In Solidarity,
>>
>>                                                    Bruce Reilly (a.k.a
>Bruha)
>>                                                    P.O.Box 8274
>>                                                    Cranston, RI 02920 USA
>>
>> P.S. - I am trying to conceptualize an effective guerilla media campaign
>to promote
>>        this cause.  Ideas are welcome.  Collaboration is prayed.
>>
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