Updating this very old post because it has been on my mind with the news about Sirhan Sirhan being approved for parole. I wrote the post when Hinckley was approved for release and people were angry that he would ever be allowed to be released. I’m sure many people feel the same about Sirhan Sirhan. … More Redemption Isn’t Just for Coupons
I’ve written about villains before after complaints about The Walking Dead. This post was also partially inspired by The Walking Dead. This Sunday’s episode showed the back story of Negan. SPOILERS FOLLOW X X Negan was a villain in an earlier season of the show. He killed two of the good guys. One of those … More On Villain Stories
LA over on Waking up on the Wrong Side of 50 posted today about second chances. Since I had no real post today and I have written several times on second chances, I thought I would collect them in one post so you can read them at your leisure. My post on Michael Vick getting … More A History of Tater on Second Chances
There have been more reports of cars being broken into in my neighborhood recently. There was a reported sexual assault in my neighborhood recently. Obviously, people are concerned and there was a post on Next Door about what the community can do to help. There were some obvious answers: Lock your doors: car and house. … More Be Vigilant, But Be Better
I’ve written several times about the concept of prison and rehabilitation. I wrote about it in the context of Michael Vick, John Hinckley and others. I am a believe in the idea that we have to believe in rehabilitation. We have to be able to forgive people and give them as second chance in … More Tater Talks Crime and Punishment…Again
Occasionally, when there is nothing fun to write about in current times, I try to think back to any interesting stories from my life. I generally never find one because I’ve been generally boring my entire life. This morning I did remember a scary day from my college years. My junior year in college I … More A Scary Day in the Life of College Tater
I was out early on my Friday off to run some errands and to take my phone in to the Apple store because it was having issues charging. All of my other errands went smoothly, but the Apple store did not. I got there a little before 10 and they had someone outside the store … More Tater’s Friday Off Thoughts on Crime and Punishment and Other Random Things
Last night there were helicopters flying over my house again after someone fired a weapon at a house in a nearby neighborhood. As always, when this was reported people jumped on the community association email list to talk about not being safe, the increase in crime and how the police need to do more to … More It’s a Crime(Reporting) Wave
Last night is was reported that a 14 year old boy was robbed outside of a local mall at 2am. Immediately, people rushed to the local Patch to not decry the constant crime at the mall, but to blame the victim’s parents for letting him shop on Black Friday. The article does not say who … More Let’s Play Blame the Victim
I am watching the news and once again they were discussing this story http://www.wbaltv.com/news/20124542/detail.html about three kids who were arrested for stealing. The kids were stealing several items from a neighbor’s garage and were handcuffed and taken to juvenile detention when caught. The parents are outraged that their kids were treated this way. I don’t … More How Dare You Arrest a Thief!
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