Crime

Today, on a day fit for neither man nor beast, some thoughts:

It was heart-warming to hear Bopper tell me about his game last night. I wasn't there, having class on Mon eves (Grrrrr!). He explained it well and had a big grin on his face when he told me about his two hits. (Grandma must not play attention, she said he only hit the ball once. But Bopper said he got two hits and hit another one they caught. Of course, Grandma is known not to see things because she's talking!) He even told me, "Grandpa, I slid into second base." Let's hope this rain lasts until late Wed eve so the game is called off and made up on a day I can come.

What's with the crimes? Some woman in Calif beat and raped an 8-year old friend of her daughter's? A guy north of here beat to death the infant of his girl friend because the kid was crying? Hey, that's what babies do! A drug dealer (?) in Det shot a police officer in the face three times? Are we out of control?

I have no solution for preventing all this, but I am not averse to locking these people up for a long, long time--esp those who hurt kids. And "locking them up" means no conjugal visits, no telephone calls, no cable television, no weight/exercise rooms, no college classes, and bare minimum calories. Any protests? Cut the meals and calories. Let's see how long disturbances last without any sustenance. Make it so felons NEVER want to return to prison.

Here's a case in point, a personal matter. Yesterday, one of the moms at my wife's school came in for about an hour to do some help work. When she left, someone had smashed her window and stolen her purse from the car--openly in the school parking lot! It seems the guy must have followed her from the local grocery store. Now, he obviously didn't know she was going to the school. Was he going to follow her home? Oh, the mom also had another child, an infant, in the car with her (and took him in the bldg when she went in). What if she had been followed home, with the thief jumping her in her driveway, with the baby in the car? Imagine the scenarios, let alone the actual theft. Imagine the horror, terror this mom must feel!!!! If this guy gets caught, I say throw him in the slammer for 20 years, until he's too old to terrorize anyone else--and see the above for the treatment he should receive while in jail.

And did you see about the judge who is allowing a prisoner to sue the prison because they took away is toothpaste? Apparently the guy later had a tooth problem (he lost it?). But he had been misbehaving and, as punishment, toothpaste was taken away. I guess he still has his toothbrush and could have used water, salt, etc.???? What about the guy's previous life-style? Was it conducive to good dental hygiene? Who is this judge? If he falls in my purview, I want to vote against the dingbat.