Are we discussing Baseball or the Justice System?

In an effort to report Prime Minister Stephen Harper's introduction of new legislation meant to "get tough on crime," the communist broadcasting entity known as CBC surprised me. Finally they produced something worthy of comment. As this relates to larger issues below, the story supported my position; that we need only hear the Prime Minister talk tough about crime to know that he is working toward a safer Canada. (I thank the Conservative Party has been so open about this point.)

Long ago I had given trying up to understand the root causes of crime; there were too many, probably each needing it's own approach. I had neither the time nor inclination. I knew looking beyond the absolute world of good and evil I inhabit lay a grey area. But "Liberals" also inhabit this grey area and they are crazy and wrong by definition, thus I knew to dwell in this area must also logically be wrong.

The Prime Minister's implementation of the same three-strike policy that has been a success in America means Canada can continue toward a society where the bad are punished and the grey area banished. Every rational person understands that what is needed in Canada is a top-down system that further removes common sense and reality from the judicial system in favor of simple logic: longer sentences reduce crime. It's hard to counter - and in a political checkmate - even harder to oppose.

What the "Left" doesn't understand (because they are too busy giving comfort to the enemy) is that one need not actually address crime to talk tough about it. Historical insight doesn't help one look strong or heroic in front of the country. And not only are those opposed advocating rewarding anti-social behavior, they also don't support economic development. Canada's struggling, unflatteringly named "prison industrial complex" is looking at a windfall of business as Canada's incarceration rates begin to edge up toward the highest levels in the world. The bottom line of creating jobs and supporting big business is continued without breaking the fundamental principles of the free market.

In a warning to conservatives I call for an organized defense against those trying to twist the historic precedence that locking up a sizable portion of population has had little effect on crime. When faced with tangential factors that arise when such a large portion of the population is incarcerated, I suggest name calling. When referred to, the fact that in America, under the same policy, soon one out of every 100 will be behind bars must strongly be challenged; that is not the picture of a broken system, but one of a policy working perfectly. Well true that no other culture on Earth or in history has ever reached such levels of incarceration, it was only because they were doing everything wrong. If they had been right, they would be us, wouldn't they? No, extremely high levels of incarceration is a sign of a smoothly functioning policy and I have no reason to doubt the success of such strong words by Prime Minister Stephen Harper.