Marid P. Cathmor
2003-10-18 12:52:12 UTC
The following article has been published by Dr. D.N. Donovan on
australia.edu and some discussion
groups devoted to the subject of Justice. -MPC
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For years, I've been studying the US System of Justice. I've sat during a
couple of hundreds of
criminal proceedings in circuit courts of Illinois, Wisconsin and Florida.
I've visited many
jails and prisons, conducted interviews with hundreds of prisoners and
members of their families.
I can testify to the world that the US system of justice is no more based on
true ideals of
impartial objectivity, as any other system of justice in the world. And yes,
it is almost
entirely based upon the most negative human emotions: hate, fear, and greed.
I know too well that the main reasons for the abuse of drugs and alcohol,
which in turn are at
the roots of most of the most serious crimes, are both psychiatric
illnesses, and psychological
weaknesses. Almost all abusers of intoxicants suffer either from a serious
illness, or at least
from a psychological condition, such as low self-esteem, lack of belief in
one's own abilities,
increased emotional sensitivity, and all other varieties of neurosis, etc.
After receiving harsh sentences, based entirely on hate and desire for
revenge of the
legislators, jurors, persecutors and judges, these people enter the
so-called "system of
corrections", where they suffer additional blows upon their already ailing
psyche: hate,
disrespect, abuse and torture are everyday reality of the U.S. jails and
prisons (torture is
frequently applied using such hard-to-prove means of creating extreme pain,
as turning on the air
conditioning at full cooling power in the middle of winter, when prisoners
are locked up in their
cells, or turning on an extremely loud, high-pitch security sirens, also
when prisoners can't
escape it, and running them for hours at a time. Should any complaints be
filed, the explanation,
of course, is that "technical malfunction has occurred", no ill intentions
taken place
whatsoever).
As a result of such "corrections", people leave the system hurting more than
ever before, more
succeptible to drug and alcohol abuse, less able to adapt to life and become
productive members
of the society.
It is my strongest belief that the US System of Justice should be renamed
into the "System of
Hate and Revenge". I also sincerely hope that the creators and supporters of
the world's largest,
US Prison-Industrial Complex, also known as the American Gulag, one bright
for the human race day
in the future, will be arrested and charged with crimes against humanity.
Charges will include, I
believe, devastation of many millions of American families, extreme
emotional and developmental
injury inflicted upon the millions and millions of American children,
governmental corruption on
a particularly grand scale, practice of slavery, mass application of
torture, extreme abuse of
the human rights, and proliferation of crime within the American society,
resulting in massive
loss of lives and property.
And our times eventually will be viewed by the future generations in the
same light, as we now
view the darkest times of Medieval Inquisition.
Dermot Donovan, Ph.D, Ed.D
Canberra-London-New York
australia.edu and some discussion
groups devoted to the subject of Justice. -MPC
-------------------------------------------------------------
For years, I've been studying the US System of Justice. I've sat during a
couple of hundreds of
criminal proceedings in circuit courts of Illinois, Wisconsin and Florida.
I've visited many
jails and prisons, conducted interviews with hundreds of prisoners and
members of their families.
I can testify to the world that the US system of justice is no more based on
true ideals of
impartial objectivity, as any other system of justice in the world. And yes,
it is almost
entirely based upon the most negative human emotions: hate, fear, and greed.
I know too well that the main reasons for the abuse of drugs and alcohol,
which in turn are at
the roots of most of the most serious crimes, are both psychiatric
illnesses, and psychological
weaknesses. Almost all abusers of intoxicants suffer either from a serious
illness, or at least
from a psychological condition, such as low self-esteem, lack of belief in
one's own abilities,
increased emotional sensitivity, and all other varieties of neurosis, etc.
After receiving harsh sentences, based entirely on hate and desire for
revenge of the
legislators, jurors, persecutors and judges, these people enter the
so-called "system of
corrections", where they suffer additional blows upon their already ailing
psyche: hate,
disrespect, abuse and torture are everyday reality of the U.S. jails and
prisons (torture is
frequently applied using such hard-to-prove means of creating extreme pain,
as turning on the air
conditioning at full cooling power in the middle of winter, when prisoners
are locked up in their
cells, or turning on an extremely loud, high-pitch security sirens, also
when prisoners can't
escape it, and running them for hours at a time. Should any complaints be
filed, the explanation,
of course, is that "technical malfunction has occurred", no ill intentions
taken place
whatsoever).
As a result of such "corrections", people leave the system hurting more than
ever before, more
succeptible to drug and alcohol abuse, less able to adapt to life and become
productive members
of the society.
It is my strongest belief that the US System of Justice should be renamed
into the "System of
Hate and Revenge". I also sincerely hope that the creators and supporters of
the world's largest,
US Prison-Industrial Complex, also known as the American Gulag, one bright
for the human race day
in the future, will be arrested and charged with crimes against humanity.
Charges will include, I
believe, devastation of many millions of American families, extreme
emotional and developmental
injury inflicted upon the millions and millions of American children,
governmental corruption on
a particularly grand scale, practice of slavery, mass application of
torture, extreme abuse of
the human rights, and proliferation of crime within the American society,
resulting in massive
loss of lives and property.
And our times eventually will be viewed by the future generations in the
same light, as we now
view the darkest times of Medieval Inquisition.
Dermot Donovan, Ph.D, Ed.D
Canberra-London-New York