...we took the audio tour of Alcatraz today, and what struck me the most was how much like a real prison it was. I know, stupid of me to be surprised by that, but I think we've changed so much over the past thirty or fourty years since it closed that we've forgotten what "tough love" is all about-if you screw up in life, God is gracious, but society usually wasn't until more recently. Sometimes I think we need a little more justice, punishment, and reality than we're getting these days....not that I'd want to serve any time at Alcatraz.
Saturday, October 28, 2006
...we took the audio tour of Alcatraz today, and what struck me the most was how much like a real prison it was. I know, stupid of me to be surprised by that, but I think we've changed so much over the past thirty or fourty years since it closed that we've forgotten what "tough love" is all about-if you screw up in life, God is gracious, but society usually wasn't until more recently. Sometimes I think we need a little more justice, punishment, and reality than we're getting these days....not that I'd want to serve any time at Alcatraz.