Latest reported numbers...believe them or not
1 of evey 100 adults in the US is in Jail or prison! Can't say it is true, and I won't say it's not, but wow! Just wow! Imagine that, here, in the
Land of the Free, we have 1% of our population in prison (and jail).
Anybody think that maybe, just maybe, we have too many crimes in our lives punishable by imprisonment? I am old enough to remember the times when a man and his wife could argue without have the cops haul one of them to jail. I can remember the days when women could and would slap men for being "fresh", and when their male escorts (or just some guy next to them) would punch out guys who cursed infront of a woman, or made "improper advances", or took "liberties". And these guys not only did not go to jail, they were commended by all and sundry (except of course the guy that got punched - and sometimes even by him-"guess I had that coming" etc.)
We aren't like China - yet. But we seem to heading in that direction. Maybe it is a result of having too many people too close together. We are mammals, after all, and as has been proven in many expiriments with lab animals, when dirt, noise, and overcrowding reach certain limits, insanity, eventually mass insanity is the result. Rats eat their young. Lemmings run off cliffs. The level is different for different species, wonder what the level is for humans? How close are we? I don't know for sure, but I feel we are closer than we ever have been before. Doubt me? Just turn on a TV.