With the serious increase in violent crime that every community experiences, from the young to the elderly, including the disabled, progresses each day, it becomes evident that law and order that existed in past times to protect the innocent has almost diminished in favour of the criminals and cowardly, who have become unafraid of the penalties that existed then, when we could leave our  doors and windows opened for fresh air that saved power costs. In those days it was safe to return home in the night, and for families to go out to walk after dinner together.
In this day and age, the penalties have been reduced through the courts to a state where criminals are no longer afraid of the consequences, and gaols have become very comfortable accommodation with wages, gyms supplied and good food. This subject has become common talk everywhere and politicians too occupied with keeping their jobs and using parliament as an entertainment centre.
When will this wonderful country return to the best place in the world to live, as it was in those days, and criminal activities of all ethnic and racial persuasions be dealt with penalties to suit the crime?
Eric Di Losa
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