Unity and Action
12/12/12
The killing of the young public relations person in Guavate
as chillingly described by one of the four participants is mind boggling and
for me is another example that stiffer penalties will not work.
Similar to the assailants of the young Dutch student from
Baldwin, the killers were involved in car jacking and murder which brings in
the FBI, the Federal Court, discretion in denying bail, and the death
penalty. The casualness with which they
decide to find someone to car jack – “Es un buen día para un car jack” or “I
need money to pay the rent” is indicative of how little they consider the
consequences either because they believe they will not get caught or because it
is just not an important consideration.
We all know that in the long run education and economic
development are the real answers, but in addition to addressing these two areas
that will take time, what do we do in the meantime? I do not frankly know the answer, but others
have implemented plans that have worked so we do not have to reinvent the
wheel. We need a plan under which all decent citizens unite and we need a plan
that is implemented. Martin Luther King once said, what worries me is not the
screams of those who are bad, but the silence of those who are good. Taking
this a step further, I would add, what worries me are not the acts of the
criminals but the inaction of the law abiding citizens. We need to unite; we need to act.
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