The Root of all Evil

Money. Our modern society is mostly built on it these days. Over the years, money has become more and more imbedded into our lives and our habits. Out of money is power, the rich and wealthy can rule the financial empire. But also, we can get dragged away by the pleasure of wealth. Just look at the recession! Bad spending habits, credit card debt, foreclosure, you hear it all over the news every night. And yet, we may try to fix it, but we keep falling into the same habits over and over again, digging that hole deeper and deeper. We are hooked on a drug, and it's called money. Our whole society is hooked!

Based on how it is right now in the present day and time, how do you think our society will change? How will we be effected by wealth?

Insanity and the Death Penalty

Imagine you are the judge on a high profile case,

A young woman has committed 6 murders. She has been brought before trial and convicted guilty. It is clear to you, beyond reasonable doubt that she is. It is also clear to you that she is clinically insane. She has a rare and extreme form of insanity. Your options are capital punishment (lethal injection) or a mental hospital with therapy. It is possible to fully recover from her disease but it is not likely, here are the percentages:

70% of people with her disease never recover

10% make a partial recovery but are never safe to live in normal society

15% make a partial recovery and can function to some level in society

5% make a full recovery

What would you sentence her to?

Continuing our discussion about punishment...Imagine this scenario

Okay. Continuing our discussion today about punishment, consider this scenario:

A teenager decides to try an illegal drug without telling his friends or parents. It has a negative take, and, under the influence of the drug, kills four innocent people.

The jury is deciding between two punishments: A) Death Row. B) Life sentence in jail.

Which do you think they should choose and why?

Problems and thinking about the future.

Okay so, picture this. You're faced with a problem, and it really brings you and your mood down. But then you think of the future and think, 20 years from now, will this matter? Will this seemingly big problem that I am facing right now still seem so big in 20 years? For most people, the answer is no. You would think back, "Oh I remember that problem." But nothing more.

Also, another way of doing this without thinking of the future is looking at the classic "I'm so small" theory. You think, I'm one person in one city in one state in one country in one continent in one world in one galaxy in one universe so how could problems of such a small person matter so much?

Do you think that this is a negative or positive way of looking at problems? Could it help you deal with things in a better way? Is looking at the future always the best way to go?

Any other thoughts on stuff like this?

-SJP III

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