Can I ask how they should know? Is it inherent? Or is it taught? If a child grows up without the father in the home and the mother is either working all the time, or an addict and let the streets raise them, where would they learn?

There seems to be a general consensus that if one does the crime, one should do the time. While that may have held true in a certain era, would you say that it should apply today.

Consider this:

We live in a society that spends more money on prisons than schools. More and more of our children are sexually active by the age of 12. That's right TWELVE.

We all know someone who is an alcoholic or an addict. More and more addicts and children are having children and they are growing up not only in poverty and disadvantaged, but where crime and drug use are the 'norm'. If all they know is drugs and crime, how can held accountable for something they DON'T know to be right or wrong?

We can say punish and rehabilitate because we have been taught a moral fiber.

But is incarceration adequate for someone who has never been 'habilitated' in the first place?

Should we hold a person accountable who steals and commits crime for survival? And By accountable I mean locking them up and throwing away the key.

Our economy is bad and there is no hope for the immediate future. The unemployment rate is still rising, the housing market hasn't quite reached bottom.

I saw on the news where a 60 something year old man robbed a bank because he used to work there and they still owed him money. His bills and medical expenses were so high, he felt forced to go to the bank and get his money. He only asked for a specific amount, the money he felt he was owed. And during the entire robbery, he was sobbing like a baby.

Should he be locked up forever? Is he a criminal? There are thousands in this country having to make difficult decisions like this everyday. Your thoughts.

Edward and his wife went to the county fair, where they were offering helicopter rides for 80 bucks.

Edward wanted to ride but his wife said no because 80 bucks is 80 bucks.

So every year when they went to the fair, Edward would ask, his wife would refuse because 80 bucks is 80 bucks.

On the 50th year they stood in front of the helicopter and went through the same ritual.

This time the pilot, who felt sorry for Edward spoke up..."I tell you what, if you can go the entire ride without saying a word, the ride's on me."

So Edward and his wife get in and the pilot takes off. The pilot tries a couple of maneuvers to see if he can rattle them.

Not a peep from the back.

So the pilot decides to go all out with every kind of trick and maneuver he knows...

Silence.

As the pilot lands, he tells Edward, " I gotta hand it to ya, most people would have been screaming at the top of their lungs after the stuff I pulled. You definitely earned that ride."

Edward replies "Yeah....I almost said something when my wife fell out of the helicopter as we first started but as she would say....."

80 BUCKS IS 80 BUCKS!

Edward and his wife went to the county fair, where they were offering helicopter rides for 80 bucks.

Edward wanted to ride but his wife said no because 80 bucks is 80 bucks.

So every year when they went to the fair, Edward would ask, his wife would refuse because 80 bucks is 80 bucks.

On the 50th year they stood in front of the helicopter and went through the same ritual.

This time the pilot, who felt sorry for Edward spoke up..."I tell you what, if you can go the entire ride without saying a word, the ride's on me."

So Edward and his wife get in and the pilot takes off. The pilot tries a couple of maneuvers to see if he can rattle them.

Not a peep from the back.

So the pilot decides to go all out with every kind of trick and maneuver he knows...

Silence.

As the pilot lands, he tells Edward, " I gotta hand it to ya, most people would have been screaming at the top of their lungs after the stuff I pulled. You definitely earned that ride."

Edward replies "Yeah....I almost said something when my wife fell out of the helicopter as we first started but as she would say....."

80 BUCKS IS 80 BUCKS!

You too cutie!

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How True!

A woman with a great big pair of.....eyes!

What did you think I was gonna say?

I loved the video...especially the butt cheeks clenching every time you kicked him....too funny!!

I think everyone agrees that there would have to be some sort of physical contact at least on an intermittent basis....every two weeks, once a month...something.

Other than that you might as well join the rest of the mingle-ites and forever resort yourself to witty sarcasms and hopeful flirts....lol

Is waiting for an excuse

Llama

Lick It UP

troubadour

Fang-A-Lang

DAMN that's funny!

Table Is Set

My job canceled my trip to NY

bored

She already knows I do