Re: Four Bama football players arrested - was progress of Eddie Williams & B. Callowa
If we had a true punishment system in place in society -- starting at birth -- where you get held accountable for your actions, and not have people constantly excusing it, trying to find some "chemical" reason you did a bad thing -- we'd have far fewer problems -- AND -- things like this, wouldn't happen.
This isn't finding a $100 bill and going buy beer, getting drunk while playing Playstation -- this is attacking someone without provocation, stealing merchandise, and breaking countless rules. What did they think would be the result of this behavior?
Crazy......
I can't relate to driving around looking for a house to break into......how do you even get to that point? I never saw the "thrill" of doing stuff like that, so maybe that's why I can't relate to people that commit crimes. I always worried my Dad would tear me apart if I ever participated in something like that, but even more important, I was worried that they'd be disappointed in me....and I never wanted to disappoint my parents. Perhaps that made me a "straight edge" -- and "boring", etc.... and not to take this TOO far in a Non-Sports Board direction -- BUT,Sure, an alarm system can prevent crime. Does an alarm system turn a bad guy into a good guy? No, but it could alter someone's course. They could have decided for what ever reason to commit a robbery, kick in the door, and when the alarm goes off, think better. Now, most of the time this would not be an isolated incident. For most people something like this is not going to truly alter someone's course. For some people this would.
I once rode around with two other people looking for a house to break into. I was 15 or 16, the only minor present and we were scouting out houses to break into all night. We didn't go through with it, and I've never broken into someone's house. I have no criminal record, however for one night, one drunken night of stupidity my life could have gone a different direction.
What I said, in the context of saying over and over it's inexcusable, is that a stipend could deter certain scenarios. That's it, if the guy is a bad guy, it won't make a lick of difference. But, it could prevent a momentary lapse, it could, in some scenarios help people make better choices. I specified Calloway because he might not be aware anyone was hurt, and to him it might have been an entirely petty thing (once again not justifying it!). And that was all I ever intended to convey with that remark. I don't feel sorry for any of these guys, I feel sorry for the victims.
If we had a true punishment system in place in society -- starting at birth -- where you get held accountable for your actions, and not have people constantly excusing it, trying to find some "chemical" reason you did a bad thing -- we'd have far fewer problems -- AND -- things like this, wouldn't happen.
This isn't finding a $100 bill and going buy beer, getting drunk while playing Playstation -- this is attacking someone without provocation, stealing merchandise, and breaking countless rules. What did they think would be the result of this behavior?
Crazy......