HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1967-03-16, Page 14• By :G, ,Mactieod li,o4s
Someone once described a
machine tool as 'frozen thought'.
When you- look around, You will
And many examples of facts y or
-material, which you casually
make your own,..but which re.
•present the distillate of someone
.. else's brain. In .point of fact we`'�.
Wotfl..d all be in a very bad way
unless A�i..4n
tel gentsia bad a
d
thought'nSou and presented
us with this •, ariety of useable
packets;. And while we .use .thein '
to great advantage for ourselves,
we know we could never have
thought' things out and presented
us with this variety of useable
packets. And while we use the rn to
great advantage for ourSelves, we
know we could never have thought
them out for ourselves;
Today when so much gobble-
degook is 'spoken and written;
when the glib hunch is propagated
by the several communication
media, it is refreshing to come
upon someone who has a mind of
• his own, untarnished by the trite.
A -mall who 'has • to be .,shown,
mho does not take everything for •
granted, who is curious; enquir.
ing. and possesses the diligence
to sift the evidence and thus gets
to the heart of a question- and •
best , of all - who can express
the result in language which any-
one can make his own.
C. Northcote Parkinson, The
originator of 'Parkinson's Law'
is such a man.• Here is some of .
his original 'horse sense' which
you 'may find stimulating. »ere he
discusses penology and 1 have
tiled to give .the essence of his
argument. °
Death Penalty . .
He goes back to . the Middle
Ages, when imprisonment was
primarily the fate of those await.
ing trial. Sentence .varied from
the gallows to the pillory, from
i iutiiation ' ..to. the ,stocks., .But
we have ignored the backgrotfnd
of these punishments. The true
believer felt none of the fin'
ality for death' which we,� toda'
deplore. If the prisoner•was" bad,
he was hastened to hell. If the
sentence was unjust,'he reached
heaven sooner, for what was
life compared with eternity?
The people who refused to sub.
sidize experiments, in penology
were wealthy enough to build
cathedrals. To cut off a thief's
hand -Aims simple, cheap -and
appropriate. They could turn to
more constructive things and'did.
In this agnostic 20th century,
death is assumed to terminate
the only existence a human,_can
have; though objections to capital
punishment are, today, based
more on its medievalism than on
its finality. For where death is
concerned, we are not really
humane, merely sentrmental,We
abolish the condemned cell, but
fern a blind eye on' highway
slaughter. We fuss about the
guilty, but are callous about, the
innocent, whom we condemn to
death .by someone who double
'banks driving up a hl11. Our hourly
executions, without trial; provide
the best conimentary onour abol.
ition of the death penalty and our
demonstrations against war. The-
"
reformers are not condnedithor w.
the finslity of the death°sentence,
'"but .only, with its deliberate cruel-
ty. accept this and consider this
•
approach:
The prison governor appears at
the cell door. "Congratulatignsl
Your death sentence has been re.
duced to 10 Years' imprisonment.
Here, is a nice cup of cocoa,
before we tuck you up in bed."
In the cocoa is a sedative. Later
comes the injection . Is "this too
ruthless for our reformers? A
-painless-death is kinder than the
treatment we offer our children_
on the highways., `.
The Cost `i
A sentence of 30 years
imprisonment .costs the common.
ity, say, $100,000. This sumwould
educate five. boys; build an under.
pass and so save. lives, or an
extension of an overcrowded hos-
pital. What we lavish on the cram.
final' mayprevent us savng the
life of someone else.
• We are told that with, psychia•
tric treatment, moral suasion,
a, good example, and an indefinite
MAPLE LEAF .(HAPTER LO.D.E. - he cd of years,
to can only
one one
way of spending the revenue and
..WI -LL WELCOME - CITIZENS
•
The March meeting of the coffee party for' new citizens foll-
�°'" x. 0` _" 1 ' z nsliip "C'bCiYt-trrm
Maple Lea Chapter, bD , Was
Q'ifi°° ti
held at the home of. Mrs. Glenn
' Hays with 24 members present.
The presentation of the. flag
opened the meeting with the
regent, Mrs. R. Breckenridge,
presiding. One minute's' silence
was observed in memory ,rof the
late Gov. Gen. Georges ,,Van -
ler. It was announced the annual
Provincial meeting wouldbe held
. in Hamilton, Apri1,11.13th, Mrs.
u G. Showers, - membership con.
)16'v vener, introduced 2 new members
for affirmation. The regent wel-
comed Mrs. E.. B,aidock an4Mrs.
H. J. Murphy into the c pter.
Eduational week was obs - , ed
when Mrs. R. Hughes, Educa'�`n•
al secretary,' assisted by Mrs.
a S. Hopkinson, Mrs. C. Edwar
and Mrs. J. Wallace, presented
an excellent panel discussion with
the provocative. theme" Learning
to live with change or learn to live
with 'Change."
PLAN WELCOME
Mrs. G. Royal, Immigration,
discussed ' arrangements for a
Books Shown
At V.I. - Meet
it is not necessarily the best. Our
sole means of saving expense on
imprisonment is to parole the
_._..criminaLvand--.how often--does-he--=
9
Surely a better plan woufd kre to
recover the $12,000 loss vire have
suffered. True, criminals must
be kept in custod',.but the' cost
effective form of custsxly has
always been 'distance: 'This was
the very essence of transports.
tion as practised in the 17th to
19th centuries.. Reformation bf.
character is most readily acIliev'..
ed by committing the uriminal to
m e' a en ' u
some' tr m dos communal
work, e.g..xeplacing the Panama
Canal by one through 'Nicaragua;
tifn elfin under n. g and r the' English
Channel; damming the Atria -On.
The United States might tea up
with Canada on The first ,'men.
tinnedproject.You would Have
two competitive „armies of" cirini.
finals, excavating from Opposite.
ends to see which army shifted
the most muck. Working aver.
time, assuming the responstbilty
of foreman, would earn a remiss-
ion of sentence, • but the wages
earned would'go toward paying of
the debt of the criminal to society;
To maintain prisons ' in a city
iS out of date because our mon-
grel city populations can absorb
anyone without trace. The site
value of our present urban pri•
sons,would pay for theconstruc-
tion of something .different at ,
some ,other place. The 'problem
might be siolved• by the exchange
of prisoners. Nicaraguan' pris-
oners would work on roads, tun-
nels, bridges in Canada, • while
Canadian 'criminals would ;build
reservoirs, lay pipe lfnes or
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ANNUAL MEETING ' AND
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On
FRIDAY, MARCH 31st
8:30 P.M.
At
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Guest Speaker:
THE HONOURABLE
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held early in April Mrs J strike again.
• Wallace . read the article. "'he
future in our hands or the Vanier
Institute of the Family" officially
.founded --a year ago by Gov. Gera;
and Mme; Vanier, With "the aim
of strengthening family - life in
Canada.
Mrs, `S. "Anderson, services at
home and abroad, distributed
am to members fo bab knitt.
What . about those whose crim-
inal record fails short of thoseo)p
who have bece- an expensive
nuisance and have been painlessly
eliminated? What. do we do with
the thug who has robbed the bank,
_blown.up the safe `and injured the
, watchman? We find ourselves as
taxpayers a further $45,000 for
his maintenance in gaol.
Y r Y •
ing.
Mrs: R, J. Nephew thanked the
hostess Mrs. Hays for her kind
hospitality.
The meeting closed with the
national Anthem. •
orority Hears
etry Read
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_y. Mrs. Dave
history of writing and Mrs. Rich.
and Campbell ' read some of her
own poetry.
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The monthly meeting of God.
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Hall March 1st. The president„
Mrs. R. Wilson conducted meet..
ing. The roll call was, answered
by payment of fees. Seven visitors.
were present. _
The president thankedali those
who had made the birthday party
at Huronview , such success.,
Bills were presented and'
•approved. Nominating- corn.
mittee: Mrs, Andrew Straughan
and Mrs. HortonTalma.v and Miss
C. Sproul.
Ladies were appointed for hos•
pital sewing in March. Centennial
tea and bake sale was discussed
to be held March 15 in MacKay„
Hall. Mrs° Talmay and Mrs.
McInnis are to make,posters and
put on display in stores in town.
Mrs, Andrew Straughan had
charge of program.
Mrs, Bert Mills delighted the
audience with a song written 40
years ago by anInstitute member
of -Dungannon. Mrs. Guy Emerson
.
displayed her weaving which was
much appreciated. Mrs. Straugh.
an had on 'display many of d books
and documents. She urged every
one • to start hunting up their
family tree. Meeting adjourned
and lunch was served by the
hostess for the day.
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