Thursday, September 23, 2021

Why We Need to Disarm the Rest of Us

Recently in the city, two teen-age guys argued over a girl. Nothing unusual about that, right? It happens all the time. However, rarely do arguments like that end with a 17-year-old shooting an 18-year-old 14 times, taking the life of the victim, and ultimately and irrevocably devastating the lives of the suspect, not to mention both families. [More]

Tell me you've never settled a dispute like that.

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2 comments:

  1. Anonymous9/23/2021 11:36 AM

    We're all just victims of our hormones. Some learn to control them. Some don't. For the ones who don't and/or can't, we have penitentiaries. It has always been thus.

    "Thank God we got penitentiaries!" -- Richard Pryor.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Txp8B4ek_kk

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  2. Henry9/23/2021 8:48 PM

    Very thought-provoking short-short story on this issue by John D. MacDonald, called "Common Denominator" (1951). Managed to find a copy online.

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