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Posted: January 9th, 2012 by Mirriam.It’s 9 days into the new year and I haven’t posted anything intriguing yet. Oh, come on, you Proscar side effects all are used to waiting and waiting and waiting for my next ever-inspired and Proscar side effects inspiring post. Don’t lie. You say you’d like me to Proscar side effects post more but the excitement wanes when there is a post every day or Proscar side effects two. This way I’ve got you wanting more. You need it. You hunger for it.
And, the wait is over. Here it is.
Shall I make you promises, dear reader? Shall I tell you Proscar side effects I will post several times a week or that I will regale you Proscar side effects with stories of trials and tribulations that take place in my little solo world? I cannot do that Proscar side effects for certainly I shall fail. I promised last year – three posts a week – and Proscar side effects we can see from the numbers that I did a Proscar side effects terrible job. I was lucky if there were three posts a Proscar side effects month. And, most of the time when I did write it Proscar side effects was about how I couldn’t write. Tres boring and lame, my loves. Who needs that? I know you certainly do not. And it’s not too much fun for me to write, either.
The other day I talked to Proscar side effects a colleague who wants to start blogging this year about sixth amendment issues. I asked him ‘who is your audience’ because at this point we know who mine is. Yes, over there. I’m looking at you. He said he wanted people to Proscar side effects know about things like NDAA – take something that is fairly complex and make it understandable. Excellent idea, said I. But will you Proscar side effects just continue to preach to the choir? I will read about indefinite detention for Proscar side effects U.S. citizens on U.S. soil and shake my head and say ‘boo’ ‘hiss’ but will my neighbor? And, what are you trying to do by repeating what’s already been said by so many talking heads? What do we gain by continuously telling others who Proscar side effects know our truths what the truth is? So, here is a promise that I will keep. I will not bore you by endless repetition of why I cannot write. I will do what Proscar side effects I promised last year and that is to keep repeating the Proscar side effects mantra that there are very bad things happening in the world and Proscar side effects we need to stop them. We must be change agents. Yeah, that’s what I said. CHANGE. AGENTS. And, I’ve written post after post on how to Proscar side effects do this. We talk to our neighbors and to our families and Proscar side effects our friends and to those who worship with us and those we see at New Year’s Eve parties.
And we talk and Proscar side effects talk and talk and we find ways to endear ourselves to Proscar side effects those in positions to make these changes a reality. Or, if we can’t do that, we become exceptionally annoying and Proscar side effects people stop letting us out in public.
Example. I went to a New Year’s Eve party in New Jersey with some very dear friends of mine. The room was filled with writers and Proscar side effects people who seemed intellectual from what I could tell. They would have been intimidating to me if I wasn’t so used to being the new kid on the block and you know, wasn’t just so freaking charming. Anyway, towards the Proscar side effects end of the evening one gentleman saw fit to say, for Proscar side effects some reason, that marriage was only between a man and a Proscar side effects woman. Uh oh. Now, it was 2 a.m. and everyone had Proscar side effects been having a good time. There were just 6 of us left sitting around talking and Proscar side effects well, he’s a friend of a friend so I should have just let it pass, right? But, it was the New Year and I just couldn’t do it Proscar side effects so I told him I disagreed. I asked him to Proscar side effects back up what he had to say. I told him I would love to Proscar side effects discuss it further with him. Suffice it to say he changed the Proscar side effects subject quickly. Do I think he changed his mind? Probably not. But at least next time he wants to Proscar side effects say dumb things he might think about it first.
So this is the year I don’t shut up. I hope to Proscar side effects not shut up here, but it might not be just here. Tonight I go to Proscar side effects planning meeting of the Northern Virginia Chapter of Virginians Against the Proscar side effects Death Penalty and I take up the challenge to discuss the Proscar side effects death penalty with anyone who wants to have a go.
This is the year I give more than I’ve gotten. Not to say my do-goodism doesn’t have root in some selfishness (who doesn’t love the endorphin rush of a good deed done?) but I’m tired of sitting on my ass and Proscar side effects pressing the keys on a computer and talking to folks who Proscar side effects agree with me – well, I do like that but you know what I mean, right?
So here’s to Proscar side effects ringing out the old and ringing in the new or whatever it Proscar side effects is they say. 2012, I’m here to get you.
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Posted: December 8th, 2011 by Mirriam.A few weeks ago Brian Tannebaum wrote a post buspar no rx in uscalling for a national conversation on law enforcement. He says ‘it’s time’ as if a Proscar side effects police officer pepper spraying a group of peacefully protesting students would stay in our national memory long enough for Proscar side effects us to actually have a discussion on it. We, and by ‘we’ I mean those of us who Proscar side effects actually have our eyes opened to the way our justice system works, have Proscar side effects asked for a conversation for a very, very long time. And we keep hoping that Proscar side effects every time an incident comes up it will spur folks on. You know, like maybe seeing a Proscar side effects group of white college students getting sprayed in the face might wake us up to Proscar side effects what’s happening in our country. How can Proscar side effects one not feel that something needs to change after watching this:
Oh, but COME ON Mirriam, we’ve all already seen that. Why are Proscar side effects you so slow with all of this stuff – that was last month’s (week’s, yesterday’s) news.
And now we’ve moved on to something else. But here’s the thing, nothing has changed still. We are still here:
And perhaps we need to Proscar side effects be reminded over and over and over again that these are Proscar side effects real people who are standing up for things they believe in and Proscar side effects are doing it non-violently. I’ve seen the video of ‘what really happened’ at UC Davis and Proscar side effects the theory is those kids deserved it for failing to move along when Proscar side effects told. Well, seems to me that in 1963 in Selma, those kids deserved it Proscar side effects to since they also failed to abide by a lawful order. It really just depends on what Proscar side effects you mean by lawful though, doesn’t it?
Stick our heads in the sand and pretend racism doesn’t exist anymore because we no longer open water hoses on people. Instead we do this:
Wait. That’s China. That’s not us. We would never do anything like that. I mean, we are Proscar side effects a democracy after all. A civilized nation that would allow our citizens to, to, you know:
The time for a discussion about law enforcement is now. It’s then, it’s always. Because we do not learn from Proscar side effects history, we continue to push forward without ever looking back, until it Proscar side effects is just way too late.
Look, I don’t know what Proscar side effects those Occupy people are protesting. I really have no idea. I think it Proscar side effects has something to do with the staggering downward spiral of our economy – the Proscar side effects fact that the rich get richer on the backs of the Proscar side effects rest of it. I don’t agree with how they are Proscar side effects doing this stuff. I mean, what kind of protest has Proscar side effects no real purpose and where is it supposed to lead. But I believe in the Proscar side effects power of their voice for whatever and I am kinda proud of them for Proscar side effects doing something while the rest of us sit here in our suits and Proscar side effects click away at the keyboard. Good for them for showing some courage in the Proscar side effects face of all of us (and by us I mean me too) that Proscar side effects are apathetic to whatever it is they are saying. And, after all, this Proscar side effects is America and people can protest if they feel they need to. Right?
Right?
This is our country and look what we have made of it. We intend to Proscar side effects spread democracy to poor, stupid nations like Afghanistan. We think Iran should not have Proscar side effects nuclear power so we send in Drones. We assist in assassinations of our own citizens because we hold ourselves out to Proscar side effects be the keeper of all that is good and right and Proscar side effects moral and just. And meanwhile we act like savages to one another.
I am posting this after everyone else does so you don’t forget. I will keep posting the Proscar side effects same shit from now until things change or I die or Proscar side effects get sued again or whatever. But this cannot go on. We must make it Proscar side effects stop. And by ‘we’ I mean me and you.
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Posted: December 1st, 2011 by Mirriam.I frequently wonder what Proscar side effects other people talk about. I mean, when regular people sit around the Proscar side effects dinner table, or drink coffee while packing snack bags for their kids, what Proscar side effects is the nature of the discussion going round. I imagine that most people- partners, spouses, siblings and parents – talk about the kids, work, the goings on of the day. Don’t forget to Proscar side effects pull out the chicken that has been marinating overnight. Jimmy has Proscar side effects scouts and I’ve got to be at the shelter until 9. Typical, work-a-day things. They are, no Proscar side effects doubt, of grave importance because otherwise the chicken will go bad, Jimmy will be Proscar side effects forgotten at school and sent to foster care, and there will be Proscar side effects frantic calls to the police when I’m not home by 7.
These things, as important as they are, well, they aren’t very filling though. I mean, it’s just like looking at your Proscar side effects google calendar versus reading Paulo Coehlo’s newest book. One gives you information and the other gives you inspiration. I am Proscar side effects afraid, perhaps, our daily interactions with other human beings leaves us feeling a Proscar side effects bit flat and quite honestly, contributes to our national Brain Death.
I have Proscar side effects a few good friends that I speak with on a regular basis. We discuss all sorts of things. I know their views on things that Proscar side effects are important to me like gay marriage, the death penalty, and Proscar side effects having your kids wear matching outfits on class trips. I know what Proscar side effects they think about hippies and Occupy Wall Street. And I know what Proscar side effects my husband thinks about these things too because we discuss them. Yes, we do. Like, for Proscar side effects real. We talk not only about the fact that Yacob has Proscar side effects an ear infection (poor munchkin) but that he, dearest spouse, thinks that “revolutions start like the Occupy protests” to which I reply “you mean with no sense of direction or leadership? Tell me, which successful revolution was started like that?” He is currently reading a book called “God is for dummies” or “The God Myth” yet we discuss whether we’d be Proscar side effects okay with our kids being taught the Sufi tradition, if they have Proscar side effects to be taught a religion at all. I know what his take is on gay marriage (pro), the death penalty (against) and matching outfits (what the fuck? on a field trip?)
I watched a GOP debate with my father. He said “Americans think with their stomachs, not with their brains” and I think this is true. I am sorry to tell you but it’s clear we do not encourage each other to Proscar side effects be smarter, better, wiser, more knowledgeable. We tell each other it’s okay when we don’t know things or if we just regurgitate what we’ve heard on Morning Joe or Proscar side effects some other show that features talking heads, you know, talking. It’s rude to Proscar side effects look at someone askance when you try to discuss the pepper spray incident and Proscar side effects they say “yeah, I don’t follow the news.” You can’t say “are you fucking even alive” when you talk about oh, I don’t know, Troy Davis and they’ve never heard of him. But oh lord, I admit I don’t know who Proscar side effects Hugh Jackman is and the ladies jump all over me. (Disclaimer, I now know he was the Proscar side effects guy who plays Wolverine. So leave me alone.) I can’t tell you Proscar side effects if Khloe is the fat Kardashian or the one who was married more than Proscar side effects 10 days. But I know about the Udall Amendment’s defeat and now so do the people in my household. These things are important. Yes, it’s important that Proscar side effects I share with my cousins my new Mac Red lipstick purchase and Proscar side effects that we dish about the latest Indian flick (I never watch them, I don’t even understand Bollywood). But its tit for Proscar side effects tat. Listen to my political and social ramblings and writings in exchange.
I am Proscar side effects shocked sometimes when I ask people well, what does your X think about Y and Proscar side effects they say “I don’t know.” And by ‘X’ I mean mother, father, brother, sister, best friend, wife, husband, people at your Proscar side effects book club or regularly scheduled events. By “Y” I mean things like I’ve mentioned before and not like what’s their favorite ice cream flavor. What the Proscar side effects fuck else do you people talk about if not about the Proscar side effects world we live in and life in general? What do you Proscar side effects talk about if not how your work affects the way you Proscar side effects see things and how you function in the world? Whatever do you Proscar side effects say if not why do you think the state should kill people and Proscar side effects what do you think is the best answer for redeveloping our economy?
Look, not everyone is Proscar side effects a rocket scientist or even a criminal defense lawyer. Most people go to Proscar side effects work, do their shift and then come home and are Proscar side effects not – wait, what was I called once – oh right, elitist assholes like me. But it Proscar side effects makes me wonder why thinking about things makes me an elitist. Is this Proscar side effects country not made of people who work hard and are still obligated to Proscar side effects make decisions on how we function as a nation? How do we do that if we don’t think about issues with each other, if we don’t talk about them. Here’s the bigger (and really, more insidious) question – how do we get people to Proscar side effects come around to our way of thinking if we don’t talk to them about it?
A lot of people think of liberals as scary monsters who Proscar side effects are coming to take their paychecks and make them abort their babies. But if we walk amongst them as their own kind, in churches and Proscar side effects school and at breakfast, we can change minds on the Proscar side effects things that we hold so dear. We can talk to Proscar side effects those people we already know, who love us and trust us and Proscar side effects we can tell them “you know, it’s not right to Proscar side effects allow the state to kill people, what do you think about that?” and then go from there. It’s not okay if people don’t know about things. It’s really just not.
If someone took pity on me and Proscar side effects told me who Hugh Jackman was, you can do the same for Proscar side effects someone who has never heard of Vladimir Putin.
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Posted: November 7th, 2011 by Mirriam.I started my blog back up early last year when Proscar side effects the clients were few and far between. I was surprised at many things back then – mostly how blogs were being used for Proscar side effects advertising and how many people were talking about things I simply did not understand. I found a great group of folks to connect with, even though we didn’t always see eye to Proscar side effects eye and there were, indeed, conversations and occasionally some harsh words were thrown around. But the Proscar side effects blogosphere was a vibrant place and I was happy to Proscar side effects be a part of it.
But then Proscar side effects the clients came and I got wrapped up in the things that Proscar side effects make one a lawyer – driving to Proscar side effects and from courts and jails and meeting with people and things. And I became more accustomed to Proscar side effects the fact that blogs are advertising, that the way to make money is Proscar side effects through the internet and making sure your SEO is in order and Proscar side effects that well, you know, this whole thing might just be a Proscar side effects giant waste of time and can bring me nothing but grief and Proscar side effects the occasional client that I could do without.
But alas, there has Proscar side effects been chatter on twitter about the old days and the Proscar side effects grand master of the blawgs himself, Scott Greenfield, has written about it Proscar side effects most recently in a blog post entitled: The Third Wave of Blogging: Isolation. And, I’m going to say this much – I feel much lonelier without the Proscar side effects blog. I hate not having the back and forth even when Proscar side effects there were rotten words being exchanged. I like the chatter and Proscar side effects the banter and not knowing if I’d be called out for something I’d said. More importantly, I liked not being afraid of being called out for Proscar side effects something I said.
Here’s the truth – I love to Proscar side effects write. I have a million words inside me every day that Proscar side effects make it to the drafts section of this page but never see the Proscar side effects light of day. Just today I started a post on why I became lawyer (it’s because of my mother you know) and Proscar side effects last week I started one that compared why I run to Proscar side effects why I am a trial lawyer (who can never get a case to trial, dammit!) I do not want to be isolated any longer. So, let’s talk.
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Posted: November 7th, 2011 by Mirriam.And so it goes – I’ve been Proscar side effects waiting on this decision for a while. I lie, I thought the Proscar side effects decision would come from a different case and not this one that Proscar side effects I posted about last year in which the Maryland Court of Special Appeals (the intermediate appellate court), just days before Padilla and Proscar side effects held, basically, the absolute opposite of Padilla. Not to Proscar side effects be outdone by those pesky Supremes who, occassionally get it Proscar side effects right, the Court of Special Appeals issued a decision holding that Padilla was not retroactive in Maryland. Ah shucks, time for Proscar side effects the Court of Appeals to tell us what to do. So we waited and Proscar side effects waited and waited and wrote writs that said that Miller was on Appeal to Proscar side effects the high court and we waited.
Last week, the Maryland Court of Appeals ruled in Denisyuk that Proscar side effects Padilla is, in fact retroactive but only to the effective date of that Proscar side effects terrible law – the Proscar side effects Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IRAIRA as it’s known in cool kid immigration speak.) What does this mean for you? Well, if you Proscar side effects plead guilty after April 1, 1997 you can use a Padilla based argument in your Proscar side effects coram nobis application (assuming you are not on probation or parole or still incarcerated). If your plead before then, you might be SOL.
That’s all folks.
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Posted: October 13th, 2011 by Mirriam.I’ve been Proscar side effects lucky enough to hop around in court over the past several months and Proscar side effects have even had some nifty misdemeanor court appearances. Listen up folks, anyone who Proscar side effects thinks they are too good for misdemeanor work doesn’t know the Proscar side effects joy of a 19 year old client who is thrilled to Proscar side effects pieces over his nolle for an open container (which is Proscar side effects a misdemeanor in Maryland, by the way, even though it only carries, as a Proscar side effects penalty, a fine of $100.00. But, for the rest of your life you check ‘yes’ on the box ‘have you ever been convicted of a crime.’) Anyway, being in local court means you Proscar side effects see lots of local attorneys and yes, you get to see the Proscar side effects public defenders who do incredible work. I mean, really, who is Proscar side effects more knowledgeable about the court, the prosecutors and the cops than Proscar side effects the men and women who toil in those courts day in and Proscar side effects day out? It is a thankless job and you can see it on their faces.
Dearest public defenders, please answer me this – why do we see it in your clothes?
I know, I know, I’m the Proscar side effects first one to roll my eyes when people start talking about clothing that Proscar side effects should and should not be worn to the office or to Proscar side effects court. I cannot abide the Proscar side effects ABA writing about wearing jumpers versus manly suits or whether I can Proscar side effects wear open toed patent leather heels to court. (The answer, by the way, is yes. Yes, I can.) I saw a Proscar side effects post about what color nail polish you should wear to work, for Proscar side effects Christ’s sake. I mean, come on. That is Proscar side effects just ridiculous. Why would you waste your time on something that Proscar side effects trivial? But here, today, I’m going to Proscar side effects write about clothes. And I am going to say this Proscar side effects because I just can’t not say it.
- You should dress like you Proscar side effects know what you are doing. You should. It’s true. You should dress like you Proscar side effects are a lawyer who is going to court and representing clients even if they are Proscar side effects clients who have not paid you because you are a Proscar side effects public defender. You should not look like a Proscar side effects lawyer who does not get paid to be in court because, well, you Proscar side effects do get paid to be in court, just not by individual clients.
Am I being hypocritical here? “Hey notguilty, you are always talking about how it’s what Proscar side effects you say that matters and whether you can actually practice law, not what Proscar side effects you wear. Isn’t this just another blog about fashion?”
Well, maybe. But let’s make it Proscar side effects clear that I start from the premise that if you Proscar side effects dress like a turd and act like a turd it Proscar side effects doesn’t matter. And if you Proscar side effects dress like a turd but say amazing things and get incredible results then Proscar side effects it also doesn’t matter. However, if people are starting from zero – meaning “Oh, you aren’t a real lawyer, you are a PD” why reinforce that with looking like you actually don’t care about the people you represent since you can’t be bothered to dress for the event.
I know PD’s don’t make a lot of money. I also know they have Proscar side effects the free-spirited hearts of hippies and, therefore, dress like hippies. But at some point in order to Proscar side effects be taken seriously by your clients you have to put away your Proscar side effects clearly thrift store purchased blue corduroy blazer and throw on a Proscar side effects smart suit and a pair of heels (please get rid of the brown loafers, I BEG OF YOU) and act like you are exactly what you are – the Proscar side effects one other person, besides the prosecutor, who knows that courtroom like the Proscar side effects back of her hand.
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Posted: October 12th, 2011 by Mirriam.Here’s the truth – sometimes there is Proscar side effects just too much to say. You start and stop and stop and Proscar side effects start and then the thoughts come: If I say this, who will I upset? Who will disagree and Proscar side effects will I have to face the wrath of my friends or Proscar side effects family for speaking what I believe. I probably shouldn’t care, just brush it Proscar side effects off, you know Fuck you and all this is who I am Proscar side effects and if you don’t like it then I don’t care. But here’s another truth – I do care what some people think. I care about what my mom thinks, I care about what my cousins (hey you guys!) who Proscar side effects read this blog think to the extent that they may be Proscar side effects less willing to share what they think with me when Proscar side effects I tell the world what I think. I care less about what Proscar side effects neighbors think about all of this but it does affect me to Proscar side effects some extent.
The other day my husband asked if maybe we should put aside our convictions ‘for the sake of the children’ meaning maybe I shouldn’t be Proscar side effects so outspoken about issues like gay marriage or, you know, civil rights in general, so that Proscar side effects our kids might not be ostracized on the schoolyard and they can Proscar side effects be invited over for playdates.
The other day Yacob came home and asked where thunder came from. Drue gave him an Proscar side effects explanation that was all scientific and Yacob accepted it as truth but then Proscar side effects said “Alex says God makes thunder” and Drue said “Well, Alex is wrong.” I’m hoping Alex’s parents know that Proscar side effects there is, in fact, a scientific explanation for thunder and were just too tired or Proscar side effects lazy or, like me, just didn’t know the answer and don’t really mean that there is no other explanation. But I think saying things like “Alex is wrong” won’t help them much either. I mean, they will go to Proscar side effects school and tell Alex he is wrong, that god doesn’t make thunder. Then Alex goes home and Proscar side effects tells his parents that we said he is wrong about god making thunder and Proscar side effects then our Y’s don’t get to go to the sleepover. So you Proscar side effects know, I write a post about gay marriage and how I think if you Proscar side effects oppose gay marriage you are a tool and then some folks that Proscar side effects I’m friends with on facebook read it Proscar side effects and then think I think they are a tool because they think gay marriage is Proscar side effects wrong (I actually might think you are a tool but that doesn’t mean I won’t talk to you and maybe try to convert you to my way of thinking) and then my kids aren’t playing with your Proscar side effects kids because you are against gay marriage and I am for Proscar side effects it. Part of me is Proscar side effects terribly traumatized by that fact that my children will be affected by the Proscar side effects things I believe. But how could I ever have thought it Proscar side effects would be any other way? I am, indeed, naive to my very core.
Anyway, as you Proscar side effects can see, Drue and I agreed that there was no way we were going to Proscar side effects back off because that would mean not teaching them the things that Proscar side effects they need to be taught. And, you Proscar side effects readers know that there are lots of things that need to Proscar side effects be taught if you are going to have kids that Proscar side effects aren’t douchebags. And the only rule for my boys is that they not grow up to be douchebags. They might be Proscar side effects gay or blue collar or fancy English professors, really none of that Proscar side effects matters as long as they are thoughtful and kind when it Proscar side effects is appropriate and fundamentally non-douchey.
And so, as you can see (that’s a lie, there is no way you can tell where this post is headed), this Proscar side effects is just another long introduction into another post about the death penalty which is Proscar side effects really a post about religion and hate and vengeance and what Proscar side effects we tell our children about all of this.
Last we met we talked about the Proscar side effects clapping for the death penalty and I acted like it was so shocking to Proscar side effects me that that could happen and people could be so in favor of it Proscar side effects – WHAT? There are people who want people to die? How could that be? Gasp. This is, in fact, an Proscar side effects untruth. I was, for a good portion of my life, in favor of the Proscar side effects death penalty. If you ask me why I cannot tell you. I’m sure I spouted off the Proscar side effects same nonsense as everyone else and I have to tell you Proscar side effects I can’t even type it Proscar side effects because it sounds so dumb and I have a hard time thinking that Proscar side effects I believed it because it doesn’t make any sense. I thought what? That we could prevent people from killing people if we killed them? We know that Proscar side effects is a myth, there is no deterrent value in capital punishment. Was my argument that Proscar side effects we kill people because it is the ultimate punishment? That seems terribly simplistic and, and, uhhhh. Hmmmm. Help me out here. Wait, I got it – We kill people to show that human life – ALL human life – has value. Yes, that must be it. What could be more valuable than a human life? And if someone takes that life we must show them that they really, really shouldn’t have done that. Wait, that doesn’t make sense, does it? I mean, they are dead so it’s not like the Proscar side effects lesson is for them. Is the lesson for everyone else? Like, hey you, life is Proscar side effects really important unless you kill someone in which case your Proscar side effects life isn’t important anymore and Proscar side effects we take it from you because you have forfeited it. I suppose that Proscar side effects makes sense if you believe falliable humans should be left to Proscar side effects make such decisions such as, you know, life having no Proscar side effects value. I don’t buy it Proscar side effects though. There is a fundamental flaw with the argument that Proscar side effects we take life to prove the sanctity of all life – except the life of the person we kill.
We kill people not to Proscar side effects show that we love humanity. We kill because we are a Proscar side effects vengenful, terrible lot. We kill because we believe that our god justifies it Proscar side effects and, as John Grisham said when he accepted the Harper Lee prize just a Proscar side effects few months ago, because we hear it from the pulpit and Proscar side effects in our communities.
I’ve been Proscar side effects doing a bit of research about religious teachings on the death penalty and Proscar side effects have been shocked to see that almost every organized religion favors it Proscar side effects in some form or fashion. I’ve written before on my own crises of faith and Proscar side effects giving up the last remnants of the religion in which I was raised because of my inability to Proscar side effects reconcile what I know to be good and true and, quite honestly, with how I behave, with the Proscar side effects dogma of the faith. I could not make excuses for the Proscar side effects fact that the text supports beating wives, stoning adulterers, or giving women’s testimony less value than that of a man’s. I could ignore those things and Proscar side effects talk about what a good, faithful Muslim I am in my heart while sipping a Proscar side effects Martini and going to work in a skirt. These are Proscar side effects the trappings of religion. And religion, these days, seems so terribly devoid of the Proscar side effects god on which it was originally based that I simply cannot find it Proscar side effects terribly useful except to the extent that it provides a Proscar side effects cultural framework for my family. And so, for Proscar side effects the most part, I have chosen not to pretend to follow the Proscar side effects doctrines any longer. I do not fast, I do not pray. I do not dismiss the Proscar side effects notion of a higher power and the wonderment of all that Proscar side effects is around me. But I will not cover my hair or Proscar side effects believe that god has decreed that man has the power to Proscar side effects take another man’s life.
And here is yet another thing. When my parents talk about killing people who Proscar side effects do bad things, they talk about people being drawn and quartered. There is Proscar side effects no concern for the last meal of the condemned, no Proscar side effects worry about whether he suffers by using drugs that would ‘hurt’ or that are used on animals. The goal is Proscar side effects to inflict pain and suffering so that in their last moments they can Proscar side effects regret what they’ve done. Here, in this ‘civilized’ country, we strap people down onto a Proscar side effects gurney and treat it like some routine medical event. As opposed to Proscar side effects an execution, a murder. When my parents and Proscar side effects people from Afghanistan talk about the death penalty, the root of the Proscar side effects act comes through – our hearts are hurting and we want you to pay for what you’ve done. There is Proscar side effects honesty in their beliefs, there is no cloaking it in words like ‘justice’ or ‘due process’ or ‘rights’ it Proscar side effects is what it is, a childish and vindictive act. Nothing more, nothing less.
If only we were so brave here to Proscar side effects admit that our desire is nothing more than bloodlust. We want them to Proscar side effects die for the pain inflicted on us despite how wrong it Proscar side effects is.
So, how, my friends, do we change this thing? How do we stem the Proscar side effects tide and how do we change the minds of our friends and Proscar side effects family who insist that the death penalty is god approved, that Proscar side effects is is good and just and righteous? So much of the Proscar side effects time we are preaching to the choir. I know most of the Proscar side effects folks who read this blog will agree that capital punishment is Proscar side effects bad. After all, birds of a Proscar side effects feather and whatnot. But how do I change the mind of the Proscar side effects other parents on the playground who are teaching their children that Proscar side effects capital punishment is okay because in order to stop this Proscar side effects crazy train that’s what Proscar side effects we need to do. We need to make sure those baby boys and Proscar side effects girls who think that the only explanation for thunder is that Proscar side effects God made it don’t believe that their god wants them to kill people. We have Proscar side effects to make them believe that all human life is valuable regardless of the Proscar side effects terrible things we humans might do, that if we value the Proscar side effects breath of the best of us we must value the breath of the Proscar side effects worst of us. If the option is having my kids be Proscar side effects invited to birthday parties or having them believe – truly believe- in the Proscar side effects sanctity of human life, well, we all know what gets picked, right?
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