punishment

In December 2008 the Maryland Commission on Capital Punishment made the recommendation to abolish capital punishment in the state of Maryland. In the commission report it gives several reasons behind the Commission’s decision.  Read More »

So, this is a topic I do not think I have discussed here: gun control, and why it will be the beginning of increased crimes. I think it is completely backwards no matter where you are, American Second Amendment aside. It only increases crime and decreases the ability of honest people to defend themselves against criminals.  Read More »

So, I decided it was about time I posted something new here. And, surprise surprise, I do expect some controversy. Today, I wish to discuss animal rights. I was debating this in an online forum, and when it got to filled with ad hominems and red herrings to possibly be logical anymore, I decided to take it here. So, yeah, I would love to know what the ProU community thinks about this.  Read More »

Last Friday, my friend and I watched a Japanese movie called "Death Note". It was a great movie, based on an anime show. It centers around different ideas and theories about what is considered a good punishment for criminals, murderers, and rapists. This movie got me thinking about the death penalty and imprisonment, and if it's really the best way to punish someone.  Read More »

Parties, highhschool is full of them, wheter big or small. every clique in highschool has a different defenition of a party. some kids, its getting drunk and playing beer pong. others its playing system link video games, ect. but imagine the biggest party of the year were half your school is at and there's everything there.  Read More »

Reflections on ‘The Walls’, by Rebecca Solnit  Read More »

So if you're a long time reader of my blogs, you know that I used to be a huge fan of writing about Justice and how our system's punishments are obviously not working.  I know I haven't written about things like that in a while, but I just couldn't pass this up.

 [Original story from MSNBC]

 We all know that "troubled teens" is a sensitive issue-- you have to be careful what you say and how you act around those who are in desperate need of help.  It is no surprise that you'd have to extend the same caution to said teenagers in a re-education home.  Read More »

As a senior, I have to take Health to graduate.  We have a lot of guest speakers come, and recently there were a couple of women who came for two days from The Parenting Center.  Read More »