We can meaningfully contribute to our safety

But lo and behold, that is where we are. We have degenerated as a nation to a point where we think medieval savagery is a solution to modern day socio-economic problems. Of course politicians don’t care, so long as public anger is not towards them. They are happy that the police, the judiciary and defence lawyers are being roasted for our unsafe streets and homes. But we know the police, the judiciary and defence lawyers are scapegoats.

It is our communities that produce these thugs by their thousands. Sorry, the blame is on society. Our judiciary is overwhelmed with criminal cases, and we blame it for the mess. We are creating thugs at a faster rate than even the police can deal with. The whole system is a mess. Other than blame these institutions, the blame should be on us for producing these thugs at the rate we are producing them.