I had a rewarding career putting myself in harms way to defend others. You, on the other hand, had a profligate career as a self indulging drug user, criminal and ultimately ending up in prison for murder. Not much difference between us then!
Your religious epiphany says it all. Selective application of love thy neighbour clearly ends at the door to your cell not extending to anyone in DOC. Another self-serving indulgence.
Your mention of skirts caused me to ponder if, in your situation, you were a pitcher or a catcher. Given your whiny nature and your constitution it seems certain that you are a catcher.......correct me if I'm wrong!
Shawn~ I am glad to see that you are changing your life!! I know all to well the life you lived. You have been in my thoughts over the last 20 years. I am just glad that you are doing well and looking at life in a different manner!
This ia a very powerful statement and I do agree that there needs to be more for prisoners that are elderly. It seems here in Ct they are thinking of opening an priosn for just the elderly..as I feel that this should be done across the board for all prison systems in any state.
I am surprised that I am even commenting on this and wondering if this is the same Shawn Fisher that I knew many years ago prior to his coviction. If it is the same Shawn Fisher that I went to school w/many years ago then I am glad to see that he is doing well. I look forward to reading more of his articles.
You ask if people can change and the answer is of course they can. They do all the time. And of course violent offenders change. So can non-violent offenders.
I've seen it happen many times :).
I think most people deserve second chances - and of course they get them. The problem is that they bring their 'self' back to the second chance. And change is hard. It's hard for everyone. That's why I gave the advice to go slow and get support. It's important.
As for making up for what someone did....I don't know that it's possible, either. You can't change the past, of course, so in the end there is no perfect way to 'fix' anything.
Sometimes, I've seen ex-offenders apologize for what they did and it helps. Sometimes, the victim is too angry to hear the apology. It depends.
Mostly, the best thing that you can do is to be a good person and try to help people: the folks you love and the folks that you bring into your life.
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Your religious epiphany says it all. Selective application of love thy neighbour clearly ends at the door to your cell not extending to anyone in DOC. Another self-serving indulgence.
Your mention of skirts caused me to ponder if, in your situation, you were a pitcher or a catcher. Given your whiny nature and your constitution it seems certain that you are a catcher.......correct me if I'm wrong!
Paul
Good Luck w/your future.
Sincerely
Dawn Booth-Jolley
I am surprised that I am even commenting on this and wondering if this is the same Shawn Fisher that I knew many years ago prior to his coviction. If it is the same Shawn Fisher that I went to school w/many years ago then I am glad to see that he is doing well. I look forward to reading more of his articles.
Sincerely
Dawn Booth-Jolley
You ask if people can change and the answer is of course they can. They do all the time. And of course violent offenders change. So can non-violent offenders.
I've seen it happen many times :).
I think most people deserve second chances - and of course they get them. The problem is that they bring their 'self' back to the second chance. And change is hard. It's hard for everyone. That's why I gave the advice to go slow and get support. It's important.
As for making up for what someone did....I don't know that it's possible, either. You can't change the past, of course, so in the end there is no perfect way to 'fix' anything.
Sometimes, I've seen ex-offenders apologize for what they did and it helps. Sometimes, the victim is too angry to hear the apology. It depends.
Mostly, the best thing that you can do is to be a good person and try to help people: the folks you love and the folks that you bring into your life.
That's the best we all can do -