On Being Human...

  What does it truly mean to be human?   compassionately kind: showing kindness, compassion, or approachability.   imperfect: having the imperfections and weaknesses of a human being.   Being Humane: compassionate: showing the better aspects of the human character, especially kindness and compassion, with emphasis on liberal values: with an emphasis on respect for other people's views.   You see how kindness and compassion is shown in both definitions.   Where has that gone?
   These are the only characteristics that define us as more than wild animals.   Yet it seems as the years go on we forget about this, so many horrific crimes and to what end?   Is it all mental illness?   It's easy to write it off as such but personally I think it's just lack of respect for human dignity and or plain old evil.   I don't know what can be done to prevent random homicides nor the recent pedophile issues.   I do know that it is tragic and horrifically painful for all involved.
    Something else I know is that our criminal justice system is not working.   The definition of insanity is committing the same act repeatedly expecting a different result.   Well I think our penal system exemplifies insanity.   We all know it's about revenge and not rehabilitation for the most part, so lets fix it.   I realize there is big money in Corrective corporations but the 40k or so per year spent for incarcerating these men could surely be allocated more efficiently.
   The prison population would drop my at least a fourth if we only legalized MJ.  It's not as if smoking a blunt predestines you to the ninth circle of hell.   Just saying it's time to re examine our laws [ penalty phase] and what the penal system should really be used for.
AMF...