Thursday, 08 October 2009
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I have known quite a few people who have gone to prison. This is not going to be a proclamation about how these men were innocent. Not one of them is. Instead, I want to focus on what they have told me and what I interpreted from those statements. I would also like to make the note that these are my opinions. I want it made clear that I don’t expect anyone to agree with me. Also, if you don’t like what this brief blog is about, you can feel free to leave. The people that are in my thoughts while I am writing know who they are.
One of my family friends who are currently serving a brief stint in prison made this comment, “It’s like high school in here.” It was certainly not the comment that I was expecting to hear. It needless to say caught me off guard. He never elaborated on that statement, so I started to form my own opinions on what it could mean.
In my high school, guys and girls alike formed groups. These groups were formed to accentuate a common feature each member shared. In prison, you can bond over things as well. Most of it isn’t productive in society and will get the inmate in quite a bit of trouble if the guards find out about it. That isn’t to say that it doesn’t happen. Clearly it does. So my thoughts went down another road. What is the easiest thing to create a group over? My answer is different nationalities, different (previous) regional locations, and different religions. In a violent environment, it doesn’t surprise me with the need to form groups. These groups can protect you and get you things that you otherwise couldn’t have. It is very alluring when you look at it in that way. Humans will go through great lengths to survive in any situation.
This brings me to another point. For quite some time now, there have been countless outcries of discrimination in variety of subjects. To put this simply and as politely as I can, it is all simply ridiculous. We are a civilized society and have countless other features to form groups over. I cannot understand why so many people choose to form groups that you see in prison. They serve no purpose out in the normal world. In many cases, it will result in the group of people (or individuals of the group) going to prison. I wasn’t aware that leading a life of confinement would be so appealing to so many.
Unfortunately, these groups will continue to plague civilized society because when it comes right down to it, we just aren’t that civilized.
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Comments (3)
I completely agree with you. I know there will always be some sort of primitive grouping system but I've been lucky enough to be able to float through these groups.
This was a good bit of writing, sis!
Survival of the strongest groups or individuals.
I guess it's human nature to want to be accepted by a group that identifies with you on some level and to have security in a unsafe and unruly environment.
So honestly, I feel that in order to survive we learn to thrive those of our own common interests and motives and try to survive in ever changing world.
Hello Ms. Alisa,
You made your site simple yet elegant. I see that you have a wide variety of interests and observations here!
I’m sending an important message to people from Jehovah God that is in the Bible: "But you shall speak My words to them whether they listen or not." (Ezekiel 2:7) (NASB)