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IS CRIME THE "EFFECT" OF SOCIAL IMBALANCE?

Would it make sense to kill the messenger? Why do we not look at the cause? Is a baby born to be a murderer? Hardly! Our society and it's structure, however, need to be put to question.

Lets revue our daily lives. Is it not filled with glamorization of violence, death, destruction and relentless wars? How do you think all this violence will impress a formative mind?

Then there is organized religion which appears to give conflicting messages.

One of the ten Commandments states: "Thou shalt not kill!" It does not state: "Thou shalt not kill but.." the death penalty and wars are excluded!

It appears that organized religion is supporting war and the death penalty while they oppose abortion? Does this make sense?

There is a very good reason why we humans have no right to stand in judgment and punish with such permanency as death. We are all fallible creatures.

Is the death penalty not a form of preplanned murder committed by those in power? Could we therefore not perceive the death penalty to be a greater crime which parallels "premeditated murder?"

What if we would look at our social structure instead and ask:

1. Why did this person loose his/her way?

2. How are we possibly contributing to the demise of that person?

3. Is our present social structure a causative factor?

4. Are we trading our sense of truth, honesty and integrity for wealth, money and the power money can buy?

5. Does this social structure provide "easy money" to some entities, create wealth which is often obtained through questionable and/or otherwise unethical means with the intent to corrupt those in power and facilitate control and power over the general population at the expense of the working class and less fortunate?

6. Is our general population increasingly pushed into oppressive servitude and poverty? How does this affect the mental status of those affected, the poor, the oppressed, the hopeless?

7. Is the world wide corporate system being used to corrupt the leadership, oppress, program and enslave, entire populations?

8. What role does the war industry play? How is it complicit? Are heinous crimes committed by ex soldiers, people the war industry has secretly programmed and is testing the effectiveness of their technique?

9. Are the so called suicide bombers controllably programmed by the corporate war industry? How, by the "Jim Johns" of

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