Is It Just Me?

Another Reason I will Never Have a Future as a Politician

You can't pick up the paper without reading of politicians and politician wanna-be's trying to make points by proposing solutions to crime. Their ideas always fall into the same tired and shop-worn categories, i.e. more cops, more jails, longer sentences, etc.

What is that old adage about the definition of insanity? "Insanity is expecting a different result when the inputs are the same," or something like that.

More cops, more jails, longer sentences will only move more minority males off the streets (fairly or otherwise) and place them in environments that promote inhuman and degrading behavior amongst all within the walls - staff and inmates alike; place them in a concentrated criminal environment where they can really earn their criminal chops; spit them out at some point down the road with little or no redeeming skills for the society they are expected to enter; and all at great expense to society as a whole.

This is how it has been and this is how it will be. Is it just me, or does this seem a little bit insane?

An additional effect of the placement of minority males in these criminal behavior incubators is that they are not able to be present and active as a family member. The fact that they may or may not play a positive role is another issue, but by sending them to jail, society ensures that another generation of children grows up crippled.

So, what is my proposal regarding all of this? I said it once before in a post on this blog. I propose that any male that is convicted of a crime involving violence to another human being (assault, rape, murder, etc.) and where the evidence is conclusive (no room for error), they should be castrated.

No jail time - just the snip.

And if that does not put me out of the running for political office, here is another concept I would push.

If a country proposes to do violence to another political entity (go to war in other words) the leaders of that country - the political heads, the military top brass - have to be on the front lines leading the charge.

That would put a stop to a lot of fighting.

P.

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posted by Phaedrous @ 6:57 AM