tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8857216796720971555.post737231229682739290..comments2024-03-27T18:06:06.369-07:00Comments on Mary's Blog: Instead of prison, a judge orders Irishman to climb Croagh Patrick and 'say a few prayers'Mary O'Reganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06111088825250138537noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8857216796720971555.post-30200657983128002062010-11-11T10:54:25.881-08:002010-11-11T10:54:25.881-08:00Great stuff
- the charities gain,(local good caus...Great stuff <br />- the charities gain,(local good causes receive donations 100% directly, are informed of the circumstances as well)<br />- the convict's family/friends gain (a trip out in the fresh air / great bonding exercise) <br />- the state gains (zero cost of imprisonment)<br />- public servants gain (police treated with respect)<br />- the convict gains (he's learned his lesson)<br /><br />All winners, no losers. We'd have a lot better deal in society as well as schools if this approach caught on again. Who says we can't learn from the past?epsilonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17785182500278281351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8857216796720971555.post-18494138034384303152010-11-11T08:30:46.355-08:002010-11-11T08:30:46.355-08:00Roy Sheehan
An Irishman went out one day to drink ...Roy Sheehan<br />An Irishman went out one day to drink with his friends and stayed out all night. When he finally came home his wife noticed that his nose was all bloody. She asked him, "did you get into another fight?" "No" he says, "when I walked home la...st night the sidewalk kept coming up and slamming into my face".<br /><br />The Judge was right to offer the man a more reasonable sentence because no one can support their family from jail. Also addiction to alcoholism is often broken by submitting your life to a higher power. In America this is called the 10 step program where alcoholics submit their lives and addiction to a [Higher Power] God.<br /><br />Too bad America does not have a Croagh Patrick. The hill would be climbing with alcoholics who need to support their wives and children.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com