Humm...did a lot of writing today..and pmx stuff. I'll write about the pmx stuff tomorrow.

Anyways...after reading Anny's blog yesterday..i was moved to write...but didn't actually get pushed to actually writing it till after reading the comments. I'm just going to copy it here for ur reading pleasure. Actually felt like AP US History and given a writing prompt.

Day Recap
Sit-ups: 0
Push-ups: 0
Activity: Sat/slept thru Karen's Art history class (interesting class..i was just tired)
Reading: Actually...listening to The Phantom Menace - book on CD thanks to Rozelle.

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It is more important that innocence be protected than it is that guilt be punished, for guilt and crimes are so frequent in this world that they cannot all be punished. But if innocence itself is brought to the bar and condemned, perhaps to die, then the citizen will say, "whether I do good or whether I do evil is immaterial, for innocence itself is no protection," and if such an idea as that were to take hold in the mind of the citizen, that would be the end of security whatsoever.
- John Adams

--my comment

humm..lets chat on this.

while i agree with Adams' statement and the sentiment rings true, i do feel our justice system is out of control. You have convicted murderers and molesters on death row for years and years..living in comfortable cells with pillows, blankets and cable tv. Three meals a day plus a library and workout facility all paid for by our taxes. Just outside those facilites, you find war vets, single moms, and struggling families living in cardboard boxes or poor housing struggling to eat.

i'm not necessarily saying the death penalty is the answer...but i feel its our lack of quick enforcement of our own set of rules that create the problem. Look at Singapore. Canings for vandalism (link below). I'm sure that kid would think quite a bit about doing that again. He's still alive...and i'm sure he got the message. And even if they were entirely wrong on caning him, i'm sure the actual act prevented many other kids from ever vandalising anything.

Americans are even afraid to do any sort of corporal punishment to their own children for fear of child abuse allegations. Hey...didn't stop my parents*..and i think i turned out ok.

Anyways..i also would not want an innocent person punished. Its obviously not right. We do however have to stop this lagging criminal system that allows actual guilty people to delay their punishment and further allows others to engage in similar acts.

we all drive over the speed limit (sorry for the generalized statement)...if they dont' stop us...wouldn't you still..and even caught...we tend to do it anyways.If we got jailtime or a caning for excessive driving, i'm sure we'd all be driving miss daisy style.

On a more "extreme*" note...i say we put them (convicted guilty) all on an island and let them fend for themselves (battle royale style). Either that or in the words of a t-shirt i've seen "kill 'em all and let god sort em* out"

(gets off soapbox)
http://www.corpun.com/sgju9404.htm

*later edit to make more sense.