Young Men 10/14/09

I'm surrounded by young men just coming into their prime.  Men who look to be developing into fine products of our prison system.  These men are excellent examples of the common criminal.  Contemptuous, undisciplined, young men governed by their lusts, emotions, and not in the least bit interested in the damage and suffering they've caused.  They are without mercy, compassion, or empathy for those they hurt.  The suffering of their victims means nothing to them.  Young men that are completely self-absorbed and devoted to their own wants.  They do not care about what they have to do to satisfy their desires.

Young men unaccustomed to consequences; they are the youth whose muscles developed before any type of intellect.  They are only vaguely familiar with what it means to be civilized.  Worse, the concept holds no interest for them since it offers no immediate gratification.  The desire to destroy the good in life is what defines these men.  Their twisted beliefs are merely an internal justification for their overriding hatred of anything good.  That core drives gives them an affinity with others having the same goal:  Crushing anyone who lives free, who seek to better themselves, and destroying anything positive.

Ultimately, it is life they hate.  They feel inadequate facing the challenges of life and loath the necessity of dealing with the world the way it really is.  Instead of working hard they grasp at shortcuts and try to destroy those who do.  Instead of creating something they have to steal what someone else has created.

It's not respect for others that prevents me from pushing my beliefs onto the men around me.  It is the respect I have for myself.  I know that I cannot convince those around me to believe as I do.  Heck, they can't even take responsibility for the trouble they brought upon themselves.  They blame others!  It is this refusal of rational thinking that gives them the ability to maintain the illusion of knowledge, wisdom, even sanctity while committing wrong.

Every man here has the choice to change and make something of their life.  I'll leave them to suffer the consequences of those choices.