Guess what... yes! Odd dream again!

Last night I dreamt that I was in a huge library. Or rather, it started out with us driving up to some place. I think it was my granny's place. There was my dad in the car and someone else I didn't see. We drove up to a parking lot, parking right behind that skyscraper they demolished in March (it was still there). Randomly, dad was handing me knife and I took it, grabbing the blade, but then he pulled it back, cutting deeply into my hand...

Then there was a change of scene and I was in this gigantic library. It was kinda odd... the sky was dark-blue, almost night, and there were endless rows of bookcases, as high as a building, lining up across barren hills. You couldn't see where the shelves ended for the base was flooded with water. I was standing on one bookcase and there were other people. I was the guardian of knowledge and me and my helpers had to carry the books over the the city at the horizon. We all could fly. One by one we took off, carrying as many books as we could. I was surveying everything.

At some point I fell off one bookcase and landed in the water. I was really scared because I hate swimming in waters that are very deep and where there are things in them. Scares me to death. I shot out of the water and flew to the city in a frenzy, because somehow I knew there was a problem. I landed in some sort of reception area that seemed to be the natural entrance of this library. It was as if the endless sky-room had slowly merged int this reception area which looked like Blockbusters.

I walked around the front desk and looked at a stack of books. My brother was standing there, looking through them too. Suddenly there was this annoying beep and it just wouldn't stop. I looked at bro angrily, thinking it was his cell but he didn't even react. I walked through a gate into an area where they sold alcoholic beverages, soda and more books. The beeping was still there, still loud. I was wondering if it was some sort of alarm.

There was a book on display, nice and blue. It was the illustrated life story of Uderzo, creator of Asterix. He had drawn himself behind a royal blue sky with silver stars sparkling in the background and they drew a sparkly arc which obviously came out of his quill. He was a young boy with a blonde pigtail. It surprised me that he was so young. I thought he'd have to be ancient by now! The beeping really started to annoy me!

And then I woke up and realized that the beeping was my alarm clock! LOL

Moral predicament: Is there such a thing as the bad seed?

I heard about this case in the US about a guy who whacked an elderly couple to death with the handle of a revolver. He never admitted to the deed, said he wasn't there, even though it was obvious he'd done it. He received a death sentence. His mother, who's a psycholgist and adopted him when he was a small kid, did some research. Ever since he was a boy he was constantly lying, cheating and stealing. The family always treated him with love and support and the (non-blood-related) sister grew up as a normal member of society. The research uncovered that this man's family had a long history of violence, criminal behavior etc. With other experts a family tree was put together, showing that all sorts of disorders and crimes have occured in this man's family, all somewhat leading up to him. Adding to that his biological mother drank heavily while being pregnant with him which supposedly leads to violent behavior and learning disorders in the infant.

So, what's your opinion? Is there a genetic inclination to crime, to evilness? Is there a "bad seed"? And how should someone "inherently evil" be treated by society, by the law? Should the death sentence be carried out since he obviously can't change? Should be be imprisioned for life? Is he a lost cause now? Is it his fault at all? Who is at fault?

Obviously, death penalty is never the answer and I oppose this 100%. But how do you treat someone who you know can never change? Should someone have warned the family about this "genetic inclination" so they could adjust to it and treat him properly? Should the mother, being a psycholigist, recognized the problem and counteracted it?

Assuming there IS such a thing as a bad seed, a natural inclination to violence and misbehavior, should society make sure that these kind of people don't spread out? Or should they develop a program for them to be put into an environment that can deal with their aggressive behavior and put them into useful channels?

So many questions, so many thought... impossible to answer, most likely.

EDIT:

Tom's View:

Violence might be genetic, aggression could be inherited, such things could be in his nature to lie, cheat, and steal. Obviously his supportive family didn't help him stop this from emerging. However that doesn't give him an excuse to run around and beat people to death. There are many, many, many other ways to express such things in a socially acceptable way. He could've joined some boxing place and beat people up on a daily basis if violence was his nature. Lots of thieves become good at catching other thieves, entire lines of work were created merely out of that concept alone.

Criminal Behavior cannot be genetically inherited because ideas of crime change. The traits that could lead to it still exist, but the same traits could also be appropritately geared towards helping society. I feel that although it sucks for him to have these traits, it's not a go ahead to murder elderly people whenever his violent side shows.

EDIT 2:

Oh screw it, just go vote here. -.-;

EDIT 3:

WTF is wrong with my nicely poll? ;_; I can only see the words, but no polly stuff! ;_;

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This should be interesting to some on my friends list...

Judge Certifies Wal-Mart Sex Bias Suit

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A federal judge conferred class-action status on a lawsuit against Wal-Mart Stores Inc., charging the world's biggest retailer discriminated against women in pay, promotions and training can proceed as a class action.

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This confirms it. Wal-Mart is evil...