posted by Tera @ 10:50 AM
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Exposing Myself on a Regular Basis
“All this is flashy rhetoric about loving you. I never had a selfless thought since I was born. I am mercenary and self-seeking through and through: I want God, you, all friends, merely to serve my turn. Peace, re-assurance, pleasure, are the goals I seek, I cannot crawl one inch outside my proper skin: I talk of love -a scholar's parrot may talk Greek- But, self-imprisoned, always end where I begin." - C S Lewis
Monday, March 29, 2004
The news recently…. Some guy was executed for the pointless killing of an elderly man. I am for the death penalty but only because our current prison system does not serve as a deterrent to other would be criminals. Not that lethal injection is a deterrent as well. This guy was simply board and so he wanted to shorten up the process. He walked in to the chamber, laid down and was put to sleep - so peacfully. So in the end he actually got what he wanted – an end to a pathetic life. In my opinion, there should be a real deterrent in the correctional system that is very similar to the military stocade. I am all for a pathetic existence, but not just sitting there waiting for your end. My suggestion: if you murder, rape or are otherwise seriously violent, you get a one way trip to Alaska. In the middle of nowhere 200 miles form any life. You are forced to grow your own food etc. because I ain’t payin’ a damn dime for your well being. If you are not growing food or maintaining the facility that day, you are placed into two groups A and B. Group A gets to dig a trench around the facility at a minimum of 3’ wide and 3’ deep. Group B gets to go behind group A and fill the trench back up. No arts, TV, magazines, news, education, basketball, weightlifting, - NOTHING!!! You will not get the benefit that free people get. You will not be aware of current events at all. This will be your life for a minimum of 10 years or more. If you survive and have served your time, you are allowed to go and spread the great news of the fun that you had to all your would-be-criminal friends. Now I am not a brain surgeon, but if I was convicted of a violent crime, I would choose death over this any day. However, our current system gives rights to those who have so devastatedly taken them away from those who were innocent. Our current system is glamorized in songs and TV.