Mind Set Central

Once again the march toward totalitarianism continues in the United Kingdom, with another law that will no doubt be passed without the slightest grunt from its fast asleep populace.

Now parents of ‘unruly’ children will be fined £1,000 ($1,650) if their kids don’t shape up and get in line with the established norms of British society.

A new system of “report cards” – detailing schools’ exam results, attendance records, the amount of sport played and bullying policies – will be created for the first time.

Its amazing to me that the main reason for unruly kids and parents who could care less is conveniently over looked by law makers, as its much easier to ‘band aid’ the result, than to treat the cause.  And the main cause of these issues is of course, POVERTY.

Rules in society are setup as punishment, if you do X then Y is the result.  Look at a thief, yes stealing is wrong, but why is this person stealing in the first place?  Instead of looking at why people behave in anti-social ways, we just punish the result of the behavior.  And this does not, and never will, work!

So why continue down this punishment path, when it clearly does not produce results?  Could it be that we need the poor?  Could it be that we need an anti-social criminal element in society?

It’s a little like the having a mammoth defense industry, and no bad guys to fight…

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