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- >>>> CRIME WAVE <<<<
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- Donald Windsor
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- In order for a nuclear reactor to function the fissionable materials
- that cause the reaction must be allowed to interact. This interaction
- causes heat which is used to boil water into steam and so drive
- turbines that produce electricity. However, if the fissionable
- materials are not properly controlled and the reaction mass is allowed
- to run riot we end up with a very dangerous and serious situation. By
- using control rods the fissionable materials are allowed to intermix
- at controlled levels and, where necessary, can shut down the reactor
- totally and completely.
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- All very interesting, you may say - but what has all of this got to do
- with crime and the horrendously high levels it has reached; and is
- still climbing? The operative word that applies to both the reactor
- analogy and the soaring crime wave is 'control'. Unfortunately, due
- to woolly thinking on the part of the Government and the Humanistic
- lobby, control is slowly but surely being eroded away when it comes to
- dealing with the criminal element.
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- As our society evolves into an uncertain future the 'bleeding heart
- society' unwittingly believe that the softly, softly approach to
- dealing with criminals is the correct path to follow. Sadly, as we
- can all bear witness to, this approach has had the opposite desired
- effect as we see the criminal pampered and molly coddled whilst the
- poor victims are neglected.
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- If we are to redress the terrible situation the now exists and curb
- the incredible, and uncontrolled, crime wave we must think more
- positively about methods of control that should be implemented. If we
- do not, then the future holds a bleak outlook for Mankind.
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- Parliament has debated the reinstating of the death penalty on
- numerous occasions, yet they ignore the wishes of the majority who
- voted them into power by denying the resumption of the death penalty.
- They also have had the audacity to infer that certain circumstances
- hold priority over others should the death penalty be reinstated.
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- When a person makes the decision to kill another the death penalty
- should apply regardless of the circumstances; this is a crime of
- choice and one made with the knowledge that, if caught, the ultimate
- penalty will be imposed. With this knowledge only the most unbalanced
- minds would willingly go forward with this heinous action. In the main
- it would act as a deterrent for those who realise the implications of
- such an act and would invariably choose not to go ahead and kill.
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- Talk of 'human rights' and 'compassion' for the criminal do little to
- help the suffering of victims and their families. When a person
- decides to place him/herself outside of the law and act against the
- good of the majority then they relinquish any 'rights' they would be
- entitled to. And compassion for the criminal is a weakness that we
- can ill afford to lavish; how many offenders have reoffended after
- being pampered by a compassionate society? How many times do we have
- to be kicked in the teeth before we realise that it hurts?
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- Control needs to be implemented in a tough, but fair and just way so
- that criminals are properly punished and deterred and so that victims
- can feel satisfied that justice has been served. But controlling the
- existing criminal element is only the tip of the iceberg and we need
- to reinstate control methods that have been stripped away where our
- young are concerned.
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- The idea of a child suing his parents for exacting physical punishment
- as corrective instruction boggles the mind. If parents, and teachers,
- are stripped of the control elements needed to enforce good moral
- behaviour ( as well as forming the foundation of right and wrong ) the
- next generation of kids will have a warped sense of correct and
- acceptable behaviour. A lot of this is visible now as many youngsters
- show a lack of respect, as well as self-respect, to others and their
- property. Armed with the knowledge that they can more or less do as
- they wish without any meaningful punishment, it can only be expected
- that they will run rampant.
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- Corporal punishment should never have been removed from schools as a
- few quick strokes of the cane and several minutes of discomfort would
- save a lot of misguided thinking on young impressionable minds. The
- idea that such punishment would have a detrimental effect on a young
- person is yet another crazy assumption by woolly minded dogooders. The
- fact that the current older generation are more morally inclined with
- a greater sense of courtesy and understanding bears witness to the
- fact that the control methods in effect when they were growing up were
- more effective than the methods we currently employ today.
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- Going back to our analogy at the beginning of this article, the
- control rods that govern the reaction of people are being withdrawn to
- a point where their effectiveness is questionable. The people reactor
- is beginning to run rampant and will soon reach a point where
- replacing the control rods will be an ineffective case of too little
- too late. I only hope that I'm not around when the meltdown occurs.
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- EDITORIAL FOOTNOTE: >>>>
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- Mr Windsor paints a bleak picture of modern day society and the crime
- wave explosion that we are all victims of. But do you agree with his
- stance that more effective control methods are needed and if so, what
- methods would you impose and what scope would they cover? Let VOICES!
- have your thoughts and opinions on what deterrents you would introduce
- as punishments for offenders. At the same time let us have a vote on
- whether both corporal punishment in schools and the death penalty
- should be reinstated and imposed under what circumstances.
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