Causes of Crime

You'll often hear activists and politicians guess the causes, and then propose quick & dirty, politically expedient band-aid solutions, to the crime problem in our society. For example, they'll say that the cause of crime is unemployment. I don't think so. I remember reading a news article about a carpet installer who raped and murdered his client. Do you know where the police caught him? At his next client, installing carpets as usual. Sometimes the "experts" claim that poverty is the cause of crime. Tell that to the "poor" executives of Enron. I also know someone who receives only $200 a month in social security benefits, but she doesn't commit crimes. Some say crime is caused by a lack of education. Well, did you know that the first, and probably worst, serial killer in US history was a doctor? His name is Henry Holmes. So next time you hear politicians or activists propose solutions to these "causes" of the crime problem, we should ask them this question, "What really is the root cause of crime in the first place?" Then and only then can they come up with the proper solution.

Do Pro-Choice People Really Want You to Have a Choice?

I tried to enter the URL of a pro-life site today. It brought me to a different website instead. Someone hacked into the pro-life site & redirected all traffic to another site. The culprit was very smart. This reminded me of an incident last year. The Catholic Diocese of Oakland, CA placed pro-life ads inside trains. These ads were not offensive. Yet within a few days, hundreds of ads were destroyed. These were not random incidents. These acts of vandalism were systematic, deliberate, well-planned, & organized. To destroy hundreds of ads, hundreds of people would have been involved. I don't know any pro-life person who vandalized pro-abortion ads. So why would pro-aborts vandalize pro-life ads? I also don't know any pro-life person who hacked into Planned Parenthood's site. So why would pro-aborts hack pro-life sites? I concluded that pro-abortion people don't believe in free speech. They also believe the end justifies the means, including committing crimes. What are they afraid of? Are they worried people might change their minds about the abortion issue? If so, then how can they claim to be pro-choice when they don't want people to have an alternative choice in the first place?

Conceived Through Rape

I had a friend whose cousin was the victim of a date rape. Her cousin became pregnant and delivered a baby girl. My friend said the baby grew up to be a beautiful, happy and intelligent kid. Everyone, including the mother, loved that child. This brought to my mind some questions. How do you think this little girl feels each time someone says that it's OK to abort a baby, if the baby was conceived through rape? If you meet this child, would you tell her, straight to her face, that it would have been OK to terminate her life just because she was conceived through rape? I can only imagine the thoughts and questions going through her mind: "Why should I be terminated? What did I do wrong? Did I commit a crime worthy of death? Was this my fault?" Maybe we should remember these questions next time this issue comes up.

Youths Give Back to the Community

We often hear news about kids today who are selfish, or who get into trouble. But I remember one kid in our community who seemed mature & responsible for her age. When she finally graduated from college, she chose to work as a youth minister in our church. Others thought she wasted her education because the job didn't pay much. She could be making more money elsewhere. But she believed that servicing others & giving back to the community was more important than making money. Also, dealing with kids is not an easy job, but she believed it was worth the sacrifice. This inspired other kids to do the same. One kid became a sheriff's deputy because he wanted to do something about the crime problem in the neighborhood. I guess there is hope for kids after all. And I hope parents out there will encourage their kids to do the same - to serve others.