tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30321121.post116020825454786363..comments2024-03-18T21:52:53.357+05:30Comments on Cuckoo's call: Increasing the quantity of kindnessramahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762427741454619332noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30321121.post-1160582967286526792006-10-11T21:39:00.000+05:302006-10-11T21:39:00.000+05:30Great post,Rama.Hope is necesary, for without it, ...Great post,Rama.<BR/>Hope is necesary, for without it, we find no courage to endure at all. We will; we will always hope. Even when a man seeks death to escape the pain of his life, he hopes that he will find some comfort in death. But your story nicely narrates how hope would be the vital solution for humility.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30321121.post-1160441279091099952006-10-10T06:17:00.000+05:302006-10-10T06:17:00.000+05:30I hope everyone, everywhere, will experience that ...I hope everyone, everywhere, will experience that which will 'light up the heart'. Our sorry world surely needs it. And, sometimes we cannot question the outcomes. We just pray that goodness will be served.<BR/><BR/>I recall my mother-in-law, bedridden and elderly. She spent hours every day making phone calls, soliciting money from organizations that could help free unjustly-held prisoners in foreign countries, like Guatemala, etc. She raised thousands of dollars, yearly, yet she was housebound, like a solitary prisoner. She received peace awards in her community for her outstanding efforts.Bonitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09634611054014237422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30321121.post-1160393393203293752006-10-09T16:59:00.000+05:302006-10-09T16:59:00.000+05:30Yes, Yves, prisons and how crminals are treated - ...Yes, Yves, prisons and how crminals are treated - remains the great un-addressed question of our times.<BR/><BR/>But some efforst are on in different parts of the world to do something different. Imprisoned criminals, motivated by expiation and reparation - could also be seen as a valuable resource in society. Perhaps one day, such a view will be more widely shared, esp by govts and prison administrations.<BR/><BR/>Best, ramaramahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07762427741454619332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30321121.post-1160295498259610192006-10-08T13:48:00.000+05:302006-10-08T13:48:00.000+05:30The story of the murderer reminds me of a thought ...The story of the murderer reminds me of a thought I never got round to expressing anywhere till now. The worst and most pointless punishment for a convicted criminal is to have no chance to make amends. Here in UK, it's on the news that the prisons are all full. The Lord Chief Justice is advising judges to sentence offenders where possible to community service orders because overcrowded prisons aren't of any use in rehabilitating their populations.<BR/><BR/>If I were running the administration of justice, I would sentence an offender to penance, reparation and expiation. They should play a part in designing their own projects to achieve these objectives, and in some cases the projects would last for many years.<BR/><BR/>All punishment should be motivated by kindness.Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297306807695767580noreply@blogger.com