Monday, November 19, 2018

The New Norm: Crime, But Not Punishment

The New Norm: Crime, But Not Punishment
"In the title of his magisterial book, Fyodor Dostoevsky paired “Crime and Punishment,” not crime and pardons, or crime and “Civics lessons,” amnesty and asylum.
See the source imagePunishment must closely follow a crime in order to be both effective as a deterrent, as well as to serve as a public declaration of values and norms.
In explaining Texas justice and its attendant values, stand-up satirist Ron White performed the public service no politician is prepared to perform. “In Texas, we have the death penalty and we use it. 
If you come to Texas and kill somebody, we will kill you back.”
So, where’s such clarity when you need it?
...The home of Fox News personality Tucker Carlson is surrounded by a small, if menacing, mob, and his family threatened.
Before dinging the man’s front door, the assailants chant out their criminal intentions:
“Tucker Carlson, we will fight. We know where you sleep at night. We know where you sleep.”
To which other talkers, even the wonderful Tucker, respond by vaporizing about rights to speech and protest vs. some or other watered-down peace and security to which private property owners are entitled.
Nobody alludes to the rights of private property or to the fulcrum that is law-and-order.
No demands for arrests are issued or voiced, publicly. 
No expectation for retribution is set-up. 
Follow-up is nonexistent in media.
Police do not publicize any arrests.
If they make them, none are reported by media.
No teachable moments occur..."
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