“Seems like all they do is instigate lawsuits against common sense things…any judge should be able to decide who and what is right or wrong….but some of those are pretty liberal-minded….whoops. Bad word…..”

” The ACLU should go away???? A group standing for civil liberties? What have we become….?”

I like your answer! ~ DD

” George. That was my simple answer. Nobody will like my real one but here goes…
I grew up with a lot of poor and uneducated people–none of them ended up in prison. It’s not about money, education, or big companies, it’s about standards, morals, and good parenting. Dad is gone, Mom is more concerned with boyfriends, kids are abused or just left to raise themselves.
We gave God the boot so we have no solid foundation of right and wrong, good and bad, to pass on. We also have a society that believe the schools and government should be raising our kids, providing for us, involved in every aspect of our lives.
We are now living with the results of broken families, drug addicted parents, and damaged children. No, it won’t change and more prisons won’t fix it. Unfortunately, until we, as a society, make an about face we will continue to reap what we sow. All we can do is house or kill the monsters–there is no fixing them.
Don’t accuse me of being and crazy evangelical bible-thumping zealot. I don’t even go to church.”

“Karen, We could 10 times more jails/prisons and it wouldnt deter crime rate! Look at statistics n youll see that this is true n not my opinion. The answer isnt yo build prisons but rather to change how we punish people convicted of crimes. Perhaps we should look rather at how other countries have less prisons n less violent crime n a better quality of life! ( Norway is a prime example!)”