Nowadays, it is commonly regarded by many that poverty is the major cause of crime. Well of course. I suppose it starts that way for the hungry and becaomes that way for the covetous and avaricious.
This mindset is so entrenched that it colours even the way crime is addressed and not just in Southern Africa. I met a magistrate today in Britain, who tells me regularly encounters criminals who deliberately commit crime just before Christmas, so they can spend Christmas inside."no way!" I protested, "surely they would rather be at home with family?" Nope! Apparently home is less festive than prison, there may be a huge lack at home. What does this say about prison then?
Prison in Africa is not an attractive prospect,and would not be the location of choice for most criminals I would guess, but in South Africa, there is little else to fear from capital crimes-child abuse, rape and murder as the death penalty is no more. Of course "reformists", a rather reinvented concept now, would have us believe that capital punishment was never a deterrent.The same poor fools who believe that criminalising prostitution also causes increase!
What stats are they reading???
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Close the door as you go out, there's a dear
My Blog name is "diamonds regained".
That's because I live in South Africa and almost two years ago my diamonds and a good many other things were removed from my home by three armed Mocambicans.This occurred while I and three other people , my son, my husband and a guest were tied up with ties (never buy anyone a cheap acrylic tie, they dont give), in a companiable group at the foot of our stairs, and for three and a half hours, the Mocambicans walked up and down the passge stepping over us, carrying our possessions, leaving one in charge with his loaded 9 mil pistol. We lived at the time in a "secure complex", regularly patrolled by a useless security company. It was an interesting experience in a land where every single person has encountered crime in one form or another, some dire and terrifying, some really quite commonplace as was ours. Of course, at the time we were a bit worried, because we weren't sure if they were going to shoot us. But these guys were paramilitary. They weren't thuggos with chips on both shoulders and grudges, real or imagined. They had instructions. They had done their homework. They knew what they were doing and got on with it. This occurrence bore great fruit in our lives.Wait for the next installment.
That's because I live in South Africa and almost two years ago my diamonds and a good many other things were removed from my home by three armed Mocambicans.This occurred while I and three other people , my son, my husband and a guest were tied up with ties (never buy anyone a cheap acrylic tie, they dont give), in a companiable group at the foot of our stairs, and for three and a half hours, the Mocambicans walked up and down the passge stepping over us, carrying our possessions, leaving one in charge with his loaded 9 mil pistol. We lived at the time in a "secure complex", regularly patrolled by a useless security company. It was an interesting experience in a land where every single person has encountered crime in one form or another, some dire and terrifying, some really quite commonplace as was ours. Of course, at the time we were a bit worried, because we weren't sure if they were going to shoot us. But these guys were paramilitary. They weren't thuggos with chips on both shoulders and grudges, real or imagined. They had instructions. They had done their homework. They knew what they were doing and got on with it. This occurrence bore great fruit in our lives.Wait for the next installment.
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