Let me share a story with everyone. This is a story, based on true events, encountered by if i still remember correctly, by a journalist or novelist with the name containing Archer. Archer himself was in jail several times, due to his insistance of his own works and on certain views. Once, during his stay in prison, he met this guy. So, the story goes...
This guy in his late middle ages, probably 40s, would always be imprisoned same time of the year. Each time, his imprisonment would last between 3-4 months. His imprisonment would always starts just before Winter and by Summer, he would be released. He did it for consecutively many many years. Same time of the year, every year, he would stand outside a shop, probably locksmith, and he would grab a brick and throw towards the window of the shop. He didn't steal or injure anyone, purely just damaging property.
Each time he do that, he would be charged under UK laws for damaging property of others, each bringing a maximum imprisonment sentence of 4 months. He was imprisoned every year, at the same time of the year that even the prison warden, the judges knew him. So, therefore, there is this year, a judge intend to show sympathy and granted him to be released with just a warning, on the account of him doing it for so many times and no point sending him to prison again.
And for that year, that guy passed away...that is because, he's pure homeless and he couldn't survive past winter..........
Sometimes, although we are showing the humane side of ourselves, we too need to find out what's strong. Extend that effort to find out the reason of the actions of others, so that it can made us understand them better, in turn, helping them better if ever possible. Probably, if the court knew about his homeless situation, they could jolly well refer him to some care organisation and he wouldn't have to die already...a sad story indeed.......
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