Our Creator wants us to flourish. How can we know? Because he made us as a part of this world, as caretakers, designing everything with intricacy, perfection, synergy and perpetuity that none can replicate. Yet we have a hard time pruning things that choke life and inhibit growth, both internally, interpersonally, externally and naturally. Getting rid of anything (whether physical or immaterial) is difficult and more easily replaced, ignored or cause for lengthy debate incurring resource wasting. How much more a human life? If a human who does not contribute to humanity, but rather, takes from the positive humanity around them, is allowed to exist, then why should resources (goods, services, space, time, money, food, thought, etc.) be taken from other humans and our collective planet allowing such a human deficit (or individual who takes from human flourishing) to continue propogation and destruction? Such an individual who chooses to destroy an aspect of their own humanity or harm themselves should be allowed to continue to live by their own means, but by no means should anyone, any system or any organization be required to help such an individual in any form or fashion with any of their earned or given resources. This is a personal choice. However, if an individual takes the life of another human being, and that individual who has taken life is not contributing to the flourishing of humanity, but the life taken was contributing to humanity, yet is no more, then that individual's life should be taken without question in any manner seen fit by their community, with no resources given or taken from earth or humanity in any way. Their life will become their final payment to nature, as food to animals, decomposed energy, to the ground, and food for worms that work the soil unseen. Their lack of existence will serve as (potentially) their only contribution to humanity, as they've chosen to inhibit human flourishing, by taking the place of God, choosing another human's end. If an individual steals, why shouldn't parts of himself be removed? Fingers, toes, hands and feet aren't needed by someone taking from their community and harming the livelihood of those around them. Why should they be allowed to persist or be taken care of, by their community, behind bars and within shelter? Weigh their contributions, allow those they persecuted a chance to determine their fate and be done with them. We, as a people, must stop coddling crime. All prisoners should be self sufficient: grow their own food, make their own clothing, find their own entertainment and be totally operable apart from the society in which they've disenfranchised or the community in which they've betrayed. The community from which they came should not be responsible or liable for their care, wellbeing, flourishing or rehabilitation in any way. Once their sulf sufficiency turns into excess or surplus, it should be given back to the community from which they took, the poorest first; extra food, extra clothing, etc. should go to those in need and not be sold or generate any such profit for those incarcerated. ----- What is good and what is evil? Is good not human flourishing? How can one stop evil from persisting? How does one destroy evil men? Do we destroy them publicly? Do we destroy them more horrifically than they could imagine? Do we torture them? How can good prevail when evil has no problem with elimination? Good must shine forth in order for humanity to flourish, even if it means eliminating evil in the most unimaginable ways possible. How else?