I’m Against Criminal Rehabilitation

These days I’ve been hearing some sad incidents, again, and again, and again. Well, here it is, the sick society. I’ve heard about the jail breaker, cops murdered, and rapes are everywhere. The last thing I heard about rape, a teenager raped a housewife in her house or something. Ew!

And you know what annoyed the hell outta me? People’s sympathy for those criminals. Why, people? Why? Seriously!

So I wrote this down just to share my opinion, my point of view, that’s all. I wanna share this so that I don’t need to keep this just for myself. It’s torturing, keeping an idea, isn’t it? You can agree or disagree with me but I will stop talking about it as I’ve published this post. So, here it is, my point of view of criminality and punishment.

I’m gonna talk about three criminals: murderer, rapist, and robber. I don’t think those three criminals deserve forgiveness. They deserve punishment. No mercy.

The first is murderers, those who’ve taken people’s life. I’m not talking about killing someone because she/he’s been killing the loved ones, killing someone for defense, or killing someone because you’re an executor for death penalty. In fact, I do think that those kinda killings are very nice to do, or at least, very proper to do, not wrong. If I could, I’d kill someone who tried to rob me, to defense myself.

So I’m not talking about those kinda killing. I’m talking about the cold blooded murderers who can take someone’s life for no reason. They who take someone’s life just because they wanna take the victims’ money; or they who take someone’s life just because of jealousy; or they who take someone’s life just because of their pride being hurt; or they who take someone’s life just because they were drunk and angry; or just because they’re psychopaths. Arrrhhh! It pissed me off!

The second is rapists. Do I need to explain to you why do I hate the rapists? Why do I want them to be punished? Should I explain? They rape! They rape, people! They rape someone’s daughter, someone’s sister, someone’s mother! Can you imagine? Can we forgive them? Hello! Guys, wake up! They’re rapist!

And the third, robber. Well, by robber, I mean everyone who takes, steals, other people’s money and valuable belongings. This one is mostly forgiven by most warm-hearted people. They said, “Ah well, they’re poor… Let’s just forgive them.” Or “They just steal a cow. We don’t even punish the ones who’ve stolen billions (rupiahs/dollars/euro/you name it).” Or “Oh let them be, it might be for their children who need food.” Guys! They steal! They’ve taken people’s valuable things, that’s it.

Some people say, “Ah, how unfair! A man steals a motorcycle and he’s burnt to death, and the corrupters are still free out there.” So what do you suggest? Let’s just forgive the motorcycle’s stealer? For you it might be only a motorcycle. But for the owner, it might be his most valuable thing. Imagine what he’s done to earn enough money to buy that motorcycle. The solution is not to let both the corrupter and the motorcycle stealer free, but to catch, punish, torture, kill both the corrupter and the motorcycle stealer.

Now I’ve seen some ex-murderers, ex-rapists, and ex-robbers/burglars/whatsoever. They said they were sorry. They feel guilty for what they’ve done. And then most people forgive them, and believe God must have forgiven them too. Well, yeah, I do believe God does forgive, but I also believe they’d still be punished for what they’ve done. So it’s punish and forgive, not only forgive. Because God is not only forgiving, but also fair, right?

So let’s say this ex-criminal has been ‘enlightened’. He became a ‘good guy’. He’s helping people, he’s happy now, he has accepted his past and has a peaceful life. My question is: will he let his victim to pay some revenge to him? Will him? What do you think?

Let’s say, someone once killed a man, a young man with bright future, maybe was the hope of his family. That young man was killed by a cold blooded murderer, maybe the murderer killed him just to rob his wallet. His family lost him forever. The murderer went to jail, had some food, some place to sleep, so much better life than before he killed someone. Then he felt enlightened. He felt sorry, he felt guilty, and because he acted well, he got remission. He got outta jail. He thought he’s a different person. People thought that he’s a different person. He started a business; he earned some money, live peacefully. Then the family of the young man who’s been killed came to him. Let’s say the father of the man wanted to kill the murderer of his son. Will the ex-murderer, the ‘enlightened’ murderer let him? I don’t think so.

Those ex-criminals would say, “I’ve chose to forgive myself. I deserve my second chance.” They feel too good about themselves they wouldn’t let anyone make them believe that they are still guilty to their victims. They’ve made some destruction in some lives. But it’s the victims’ choice, isn’t it? Okay. Now let’s forget about the Lapindo victim? Let’s tell them to forget the past and start the new life? Let it be?

If the criminals really think that they’re guilty, they would be no pleading of remission! There would be no protests over the overloaded capacity in jail. They would be no prisoners asking for their right! Right? Are they kidding? They’re criminals! They’ve taken other people’s right! How could they ask for their right?? What a sick… pff… okay, starting to be too emotional here.

See what happened when we tried to rehabilitate criminals? They'd think they deserved even more hospitality.

Solution for prison overloaded capacity issue: kill some prisoners! D'oh!

“But my religion taught me that God is forgiving, not punishing,” said someone whose religion believe in heaven and hell. D’oh! What about my religion? Is my God not forgiving? My religion also taught me that God is forgiving. But God is also punishing. Or else, why would there be a hell?

No, it’s not about God is forgiving them or not. It’s not about God at all. It’s about the message we can send to the society. What would this society be if there is no punishment? What would this society be, if every criminals can be forgiven and have beautiful life after what they’ve done. Those poor bastards would think, “Hey! I’m gonna rob someone! Maybe I should also kill the person. So I can go to jail, I’m gonna have some food there, I’m gonna have something to sleep at night, I’m gonna have electricity, they’re gonna teach me life lessons for free, then I’ll have knowledge of how I should build my life, then I’ll be a good person, maybe I’ll be a hero someday.” Great idea, huh? What do you think?

So yeah, I hate murderers, rapists, and robbers. There, I’ve said it out loud.

Every murderer, rapist, and robber should be burnt alive. They should be tortured to death. No, I have no sympathy, why should I?

Yes, I might forgive. I will forgive for the sake of my sanity. I will forgive for the sake of my life efficiency. But it doesn’t mean I’m against their punishment. I’ll still support their punishment. I’ll still think that they deserve to be punished. Why? Because I care about other people. I don’t want those criminals to do what they’ve done to another victims. Because if we don’t punish the criminals, there will be no law! They would be free to do anything they want: rape, kill, rob people, steal. There’s no punishment anyway!

And what more ridiculous is, those who have sympathy for the rapists, murderers, and robbers, are against corrupters. Come on! Whoever against death penalty, whoever supports forgiveness, I ask you now, can you forgive the corrupters?

Imagine a corrupter, he corrupted, A LOT, he became very rich, happy, spoiled his children with money, then he felt fulfilled, and decided to change. He asked for forgiveness, he felt really sorry about what he’s done, he cried, “I’ve corrupted, but I couldn’t do anything to change my past. Please, forgive me!”

Let’s just forgive the corrupters? Let’s just forgive the activists murdering? Let’s just forgive the terrorists. How does that sound, huh? Can we forgive them? Let them be? Yeah, I don’t think so. Stealing is stealing, robbing is robbing, no matter how much the amount was. Murdering is murdering, no matter the motives are.

So what do I suggest? I suggest that we just have to give them death penalty, right away, no procrastination. There will be two possibilities: they’re forgiven by God, or they’re not forgiven by God. If they’re forgiven by God, then they’ll go to heaven anyway. If they’re not forgiven by God, then why should we? No procrastination, just execute them, give them to God.

We will not have problems with jail capacity, lack of electricity, lack of food and blah, blah, blah. Who cares? They’re criminals for God sake!

Okay, you can say “We are all criminals.” We cheat, lie, smoke, envy, gossip, etc, etc… right? Well, I’d prefer be cheated than be killed. I’m pretty sure those fathers would prefer their daughters be cheated than raped.

And btw, you know what? I am a criminal. I’m not perfect, I’m not an angel. I’ve done bad things too. But if I’ve done something bad to you, go ahead, punish me. I might be sad, angry, miserable, but I deserve it, don’t I? I’ve never killed, raped, or robbed anyone, and I will not do so. I’m not saying that I’m better than those criminals. I’m just saying that they deserve the punishment, as I deserve mine, that’s all.

I will not waste my time thinking about this problem. But if I have to vote, I’ll vote against criminal rehabilitation. I’ll vote for criminal punishment. I’ll vote for death penalty for everyone who takes people’s life, who rapes, and who steals and robs. I will not have sympathy for them. If they have accident, if something terribly bad happens to them, I will be glad. I won’t waste my time and energy to be angry to them, but I’ll be glad to watch their misery. When something bad happened to them, I would not say “Sorry to hear that” to them. I’d say “You deserve what you deserve” instead.

Finally done this article. Ahh, now I feel relieved.