** MISJUDGING WRONGS
A man who had lost his hat decided that the simplest way to replace it was to go church and steal one from the entry.
Once inside, he heard a sermon about the Ten Commandments. Coming out, he was greeted by the minister and said to him, " I want you to know, sir, that you saved me from a crime today. I came here with a sin in my heart. I was going to steal a hat; but after hearing your sermon, I changed my mind.
"Fine, " said the minister, " but would you tell me what I said that changed your mind? "
The converted thief-in-the-making answered, " Well, when you got to the part about, thy shall not covet thy neighbor's wife, I remembered where I left my hat.
-- Arthur Tonne
** NO TIME FOR CHILDREN
A young stood before a judge to sentenced for cheating and forgery. The judge has been a great friend of the boy's father, who famous for his books on the law.
" Young man, " said the judge sternly, "do you remember your father? "
" That father whom you have disgraced. "
" I remember him perfectly, " the young man answered quietly.
" Whenever I went for him for advice, whenever I went to him for companionship,
he would always say - Go away, boy. Be off with you. I'm busy. "
" My father finished his famous book ... and here I am. "
-- after William Barclay
** TRIAL BY MEDIA - " Ambush Television " - Television episodes that were kept secret
from the participant in a reality TV shows. These shows function on
emotional drama and catharsis - the process of releasing, and
thereby relief from, strong and repressed emotions.
- You have to get people that can be manipulated into a situation
where that's what they give out. This form of manipulation may
have caused " ambushed participant " to commit forms of violence
as triggered by the generated response.
- TV trials and publicity stunts - the media are trying to make
money out of other people's misfortune and tragedy.
** Rubberneck Effect - People sub-consciously find some sort of excitement seeing blood
and violence. An example is when people driving down a highway
and there's a real bad accident, everybody wants to look and see
blood.
** From the movie, " City of Hope "
- A Brazilian movie of the present state of gang-related criminality
that now prevail in the cities of Brazil
- " If you can't get respect, you settle for fear."
- " If you're gonna do time, you might as well do the crime. "
- " If it bleeds, it leads ... "
- " The only way to stop a bad guy with a gun, is a good guy
with a gun. "
- " Hoods don't talk, they sweet talk
Hoods don't love, they desire
Hoods don't stop, they take a break "
** Joseph Kennedy, Sr. - The Patriarch of the famous Kennedy clan, father to US President
John F. Kennedy, and Senator Robert Kennedy. He was rumored to
made millions as a " Boot-legger " during the Prohibition era and
walked away with millions before the 1929 Stock Market Crash.
He was appointed by then US President Franklin D. Roosevelt as
first commissionaire of the Security Exchange Commission.
Criticized for the decision because of Joseph Kennedy's rumored
role in the Crash of '29, President Roosevelt answered his critics
with a the famous line - " It takes a crook to catch one ! "
** Barroom Rape Trial - It happened in Big Dan's Tavern,New Bedford, Massachussets
in 1983. 6 men raped the victim (Cheryll Araujo) inside the
barroom in full view of 14 other male customers who cheered
while the crime was going on.
** Quotes :
** " That's the trouble with being the sheriff, you only get to know them
when you shut the cell door behind them. "
- from 7 Men in the Row
** " Prison doesn't change you - it just show who you really are. "
** The Five Stages of Grief :
1. Denial
2. Anger
3. Bargaining
4. Depression
5. Acceptance
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