By Paul Kersey
03/21/2020
âThese
juvenile criminals hit a low level. Born with only the instinct for survival, the highest morality they achieved was a shaky loyalty to a peer group, a street gang. But the do-gooders attempted to âappeal to their better natures,â to âreach them,â to âspark their moral sense.â Tosh! They had no âbetter naturesâ; experience taught them that what they were doing was the way to survive. The puppy never got his spanking; therefore what he did with pleasure and success must be âmoral.â
âThe basis of all morality is duty, a concept with the same relation to group that self-interest has to individual. Nobody preached duty to these kids in a way they could understand â that is, with a spanking. But the society they were in told them endlessly about their ârights.â â Starship Troopers, Robert Heinlein
What is a "right"? As the China Virus washes across the globe like a tidal wave, your friendly, neighborhood ACLU has only one goal in mind: pressure authorities across the United States to let criminals out of jail.
ACLU calls on Justice Department, Bureau of Prisons to release inmates vulnerable to coronavirus, The Hill, March 18, 2020
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) requested the Justice Department and Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) release prisoners who are vulnerable to coronavirus to prevent an outbreak in federal prisons.
The letter, addressed to Attorney General William Barr and BOP Director Michael Carvajal called on the agencies to âtake immediate action to safeguardâ the prisoners, specifically those who are elderly or have chronic health conditions.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has designated these demographics as most susceptible to serious illness or death.
The union requested the officials âincrease the use of compassionate releaseâ to limit overcrowding that could intensify an outbreak in the bureauâs 122 facilities that hold almost a quarter of a million inmates.
âThe same social distancing principles guiding public and private sector responses should guide the BOPâs response and ensure that its facilities do not unnecessarily bring people into confined spaces that may lead to greater exposure to coronavirus,â the letter reads. âDeliberate action must be taken to meet the responsibility to ensure the health of those incarcerated in the federal system.â
The union requested the officials âincrease the use of compassionate releaseâ to limit overcrowding that could intensify an outbreak in the bureauâs 122 facilities that hold almost a quarter of a million inmates.
The ACLU and 14 of its affiliates also sent a letter to state and local officials across the country, appealing governors to commute sentences that will end in the next two years or less and those being held on a technical supervision violation.
The letter to local officials also called on police to stop arresting people for minor offenses and prosecutors to avoid cash bail requests. The letter also asks that prosecutors implement a review-and-release protocol for inmates who sought bail in the past 30 days.
The ACLU requested judges to allow those with open criminal cases and an upcoming hearing to voluntarily waive the hearing or attend digitally, sheriffs to keep facilities âempty, safe, and cleanâ and probation and parole agents to speed up and extend release opportunities.
If there were a zombie apocalypse, you can beat your entire brokerage account the ACLU would advocating for the rights of the zombies.
While more and more states mandate mandatory quarantines, the ACLU is advocating for criminals to be released from jail, a reminder criminal justice reform is an idea even a global pandemic wonât stop⌠even as the rights of the law-abiding are restricted to try and ensure social distancing stop the China Virus.
Of course, the ACLU would rather social distancing the criminals from the law-abiding be abandoned as a policy immediately, regardless of whether a global pandemic is raging or not.
Heinlein, more than any other science fiction writer, knew "rights" were nothing more than a fiction if a people forgot about duty.