I vot­ed for a gov­ern­ment that would find a way to end the out-of-con­trol, sense­less vi­o­lence in this coun­try. And what do I get? A gov­ern­ment that is hell-bent on join­ing the vi­o­lence!

Here is their so­lu­tion:

1. Min­is­ter of Works – start the hang­ings now!

2. Min­is­ter of Na­tion­al Se­cu­ri­ty – I agree with hang­ing

3. At­tor­ney Gen­er­al – is said to be look­ing in­to the re­sump­tion of hang­ing.

These pro­nounce­ments have brought forth a call­ing for blood by cit­i­zens up and down the the length and breath of the coun­try. The vi­o­lence is now on all sides, sur­round­ing us, seek­ing to con­sume us!

As if that is not enough, the Min­is­ter of Jus­tice who on­ly re­cent­ly re­turned from a near en­counter with his Mak­er (should make him val­ue life, eh?), has tak­en the blood-cur­dling cho­rus to a new crescen­do: "Per­sons should be hanged in Wood­ford Square, 6 or 7am in the morn­ing. The peo­ple should see the hang­ings take place, they need to feel the fear of God and have fear of the law."

A hys­ter­i­cal, bar­bar­ic re­sponse to the crime sit­u­a­tion sug­gests that my gov­ern­ment feels help­less in the face of the vi­o­lence all around us and feel that their on­ly re­sort is to fight vi­o­lence with vi­o­lence. Madam Prime Min­is­ter, is it your in­ten­tion to al­low the coun­try to sink in­to a blood bath? Say some­thing–do some­thing.

Jean David

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