Crime and Culture
Crime is what we say it is. It's an expression of our culture.
If we say it's a crime to give $100.00 to your building inspector, it expresses our culture. If we say it's fine and dandy to give $1,000,000.00 to your Congressman, it expresses our culture.
If we say it's a crime to kill your baby before birth, it expresses our culture. If we say it's fine and dandy when it makes the mother feel better, it expresses our culture.
If we say it's a crime to call a Black person a "nigger", it expresses our culture. If we say it's fine and dandy for a mob to call for the genocidal extermination of the Jewish people, it expresses our culture.
If we say it's a crime to violate the law, it expresses our culture. If we say it's fine and dandy to violate the laws you don't like, it expresses our culture.
If we say it's a crime to defame someone, it expresses our culture. If we say it's fine and dandy so long as you have a press pass, it expresses our culture.
If we say it's a crime to promote pornography to children, it expresses our culture. If we say it's fine and dandy so long as you call yourself an entertainer and call it art, it expresses our culture.
If we say it's a crime for Hollywood to abuse women, it expresses our culture. If we say it's fine and dandy until they get exposed to the public, it expresses our culture.
May our culture soon heal.