The Necessity to Speak
Written by Sam Hamill
The Necessity to Speak is written by someone who has been through a lot of different issues through his life and while reading this, it is very obvious. He has been on both sides of the fence, from being an executioner to a victim. Just as Kung-Fu Tzu says, "All wisdom is rooted in learning to call things by the right name." What a piece of advice we should all learn from. It is very important to remember to teach our kids the difference between right and wrong, with compassionate love. Not with an iron fist or leniency. Why is it that individuals that go to jail usually return to jail or women who are battered woman go back to the ones who are battering or fine ones that will do the same thing? As a matter of fact, ninety-two percent of the men on Death Row were battered children.
There is a difference in disciplining children. There are those that don’t discipline and those that discipline to harshly. Harsh physical discipline is unnecessary and wrong. When children do wrong, there are ways to discipline that doesn’t involve spanking. I see know wrong with giving your child a little hair pull or a pinch while in the grocery store and they are throwing a fit. I think every kid needs guide lines they have to follow and they know if the guide lines have been crossed, there will be discipline involved.
I think a HUGE problem with society today is what is on TV and the video games children play. The stuff that is out there is horrible. They see violence everywhere on TV and video games. Men are “masculine” when they can slap or have “the MAN of the house” attitude. Why is this?
Also I think when it comes to violence between battered women and children; most often it is because there is drugs and alcohol involved. Hamill mentioned that these kinds of acts happen in all different areas in society, rich poor, young and old. Which is true, but I do believe it is going to happen more often in the areas of uneducated, undisciplined, uncared for, lower class homes. We all chose what type of people we want to have as friends and I know for myself, I can spot from a mile away what type of person I don’t want anything to do with. Reality. We must deal with reality when it comes our direction, good or bad. It’s the true and it’s happened.
Here are some more poems of Sam Hamills, just follow the link if interested!
http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0415/2004002480.html
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