A Modest Proposal To Combat Overcriminalization: Imprison Lawmakers
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This is brilliant. I have had similar thoughts, but could not formulate them nearly as well. You have just performed an excellent public service, and this should set the tone for the new year in the 'political' arena, not only statewide but nationally. Thanx.
January 3, 2010 8:52 AM
Bill:
Thanks for the kind word. Actually, something you said in a recent post inspired this. So I owe you yet another thanks ...
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January 3, 2010 9:13 AM
Happy Healthy New Year Norm. Yes, it would be interesting to see what, if any, the experience of 'imprisoning' some of our 'lawmakers' might have. I also wonder how they would handle (and I'm sure some must have) the life destruction, isolation and terror of being the parent/loved-one of the 'convicted.' I read your Blogs everyday as a means of knowing that there is 'someone' out there who identifies and can put into words the hysteria rampant in our courts, society and present culture. Right now, because of my family situation with the justice(?) system, we are practically 'hermits' - lost in Salem. This New Years weekend was spent watching - of course - Twilight Zone Marathons. Alas, "The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street" I'm sure most people are familiar with this episode. But, I needed to have a reason to allow myself to 'feel' and so the epilogue:
"...The tools of conquest do not necessarily come with bombs and explosions or fallout. There are weapons that are simply thoughts, attitudes, prejudices, to be found only in the minds of men. For the record, prejudices can kill and suspicion can destroy, and a thoughtless frightened search for a scapegoat has a fallout all of its own for the children and the children yet unborn. And, the pity of it is that these things cannot be confined to the Twilight Zone..."
Thank you for your Blog.......
January 3, 2010 2:31 PM
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