JANE KELLEY was thinking about Lazy & Stupid and keyed into cyberspace:
JK>GP>For once  I agree with Jane that we lack rituals in our society.
JK>GP>We have throun them to the wind.  TAke for example the transition
JK>GP>from adolescence t adulthood.  Many societies have formal rituals.
JK>GP>WE laclk these. 
JK>Our society is so damn sick that it takes a beautiful child like the
JK>Ramsey girl, exploits her in "beauty pagents" and then kills her in a
JK>very brutal fashion.
Society did not kill her. Ask her parents. THEY did it. 
JK>We need rituals for transition from childhood to adolescence and
JK>others for reaching adulthood.
You go that right! A bar mitzvah for everyone!
And we need to crack down on those
JK>who would exploit small children for any kind of sexual
JK>gratification, no matter how innocent these look on the surface.
A good idea. 
JK>We also need to take DNA samples from convicted child molesters and
JK>killers in order to know why these people commit these crimes and
JK>stop trying to make outdated witchcraft work.
DNA samples won't do that, but it will certainly make them easier to 
identify. Not a bad idea.
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                     mark.probert@juno.com
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