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COMMUNITY
stead of suffering under inferior
societal norms and complaining
about them every day. If they
don’t serve us, surely we should
change what’s not working,
instead of whining about what
isn’t or being afraid to be called
dissidents because we have
evil or deficient in some way… all. To me, it makes about as
seen what is wrong and we are
can you kindly tell me how much sense to keep the law in
calling it what it is. We need to
exactly I came to believe that place as it does to keep grant-
one who doesn’t have is evil? ing licenses to companies that a culture, where we recognize
Can you? Because I can’t really manufacture plastics, when you that some people genuinely do
bad things (rich or poor) and
pinpoint the day that I learnt this say you’re trying to protect the
come up with a way of respond-
lesson and yet this belief was environment or authorizing and
ing to all of them fairly and in
ingrained in my psyche some- promoting the use of pesticides
how and, until I tasted it for my- by law which have been prov- the same way, not based on
self firsthand, and realized that en to cause cancer and other their bank accounts or their
family name and to have the
my condition was not a result grave illnesses. It is simply
courage to do that. We need to
of my morality or any physical engendering the problem. It is
get away from the law and get
or mental deficiency, I totally not changing anything, except
lacked empathy for others. giving people the false impres- back to hearts of justice and
Seeing them as victims or lazy sion that justice is upheld in a compassion, and recognize that
these work in tandem with other
people who had failed in society country or the accurate impres-
issues that need to be resolved
somehow. It is a sad, sad day sion that there is no justice and
as well in society like respect,
for the world. the country is hypocritical in
When prominent or rich individ- nature and encourages such compassion, mercy, kindness,
uals, companies, politicians and hypocrisy in its citizenry. love. The things that are broken
within and around us are basi-
governments get away with the What do I suggest, you may
cally relational and heart issues
same crimes that they throw ask. I look at all these things
run amok. The world got so
others in prison for and when and I say, surely there must be
they continue to do the things a better way. I recognize the obsessed with letting everybody
that create insecurity, poverty, power of God to change a man, just be happy doing whatever
they want to do, that they forgot
injustice and other of soci- because I know what I used to
that this is simply madness
ety’s ills, what exactly are they be. First things first, we need
and they created a system to
expecting the outcome to be? to admit to ourselves that we
Making a policeman smile when are living a lie and that we need answer a heart issue. That’s
he is questioning a suspect, in help and seek that help most completely the wrong way to
handle anything to do with the
order to create better relations sincerely from Him. We need
heart and mind. The law doesn’t
with the community, doesn’t to restore the code of honor
work. The law does not offer
make that judge who commit- between men, where one gives
ted a crime and got away with their word to do something justice or bring social cohesion
it innocent. Imprisoning an good and honors it, not this and balance. It never has and it
never will. Love, however, has
individual for poisoning a child, psychosis and dysfunction that
answer for all things. Read 1
when the government man- we entertain, where someone
Corinthians 13 for yourself and
dates vaccines that have been will promise to do something
proven by their own science and then ghost you as if you of- see what would happen if we
to have side effects that are fended them when they are the actually practiced what is writ-
ten there daily.
detrimental to the child’s health ones that opened their mouths
in the immediate and long-term, and made that commitment.
sends a very clear message to Let’s build together what makes
people: continue in your crime, sense and contributes genuine-
the government does it after ly to love and brotherhood, in-
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