No Melissa0067!
You got it all wrong! The only reason there
are addicts is because they are weak and desire
to do crimes and hurt those that love them.....
and we should build more prisons and lock them
up and torture them until they are good (or dead!)
Don't try to weasel out of it with some scientific
mumbo jumbo! We need to get tougher on them,
go full on medieval-----science never explained anything!
-------Obviously this is all tongue and cheek. Before my father
passed we would spar endlessly on every subject known to
mankind. One of his observances went along the lines of
"Son, you form clear and cogent arguments.....where you fail
is in your utter disrespect for the awesome destructive power
of ignorance (especially wilfull ignorance).
I argued of course. A son has to , to save face.
My dearest Dad, from this side of the hereafter I pay my respects.
You were right on the ignorance thing.
If they are truly monsters than we should proceed along
obvious (medieval) lines. To do anything else would be
tantamount to admitting that addicts are........
(GASP!)
Human beings.
If they are human beings------then God forgive us for OUR
addiction to easy nonsensical "phony tough" answers....
such as the prison-industrial complex.
I wonder if God's heart could hold so much forgiveness?