IT'S THE EXCUSES THAT ARE EXECUTING US

We have to stop using what we do or have done as an excuse for criminal behavior that destroys our communities and devalues our worth. Excuses like “We are not the ones who have the ships and the plans that bring the drug into our country.” Maybe not but you’ve walked them into your community, and "we" are the ones selling it to the mother, fathers, and children in our communities. Or how about this excuse “If I didn’t do it, someone else would have done it anyway.” Who the hell is this “someone else”, and if that "someone else" were to jump off the roof, you would do it before him? That’s what a person is saying when they use that as an excuse for their criminal activity. Save your excuse if you think it justifies you in opening up the gates so the wolves can walk amongst the sheep. You can shove those excuses where the sun doesn’t shine if you think it was or is worth that child never seeing the light of day again. We talk about weapons of mass destruction, but we justify and give reasons for those who deliver and sell weapons of mass destruction in our communities and to our children.

We develop programs, institutions, and slogans that supposed to thwart off the negative impact these things have on our society, our community, and on our children. But these things have no teeth to their bite because we seem to love what we hate. It is just like a woman who’s being physically abused by her husband but she keeps going back to him and making excuses for his behavior. I’m sure there are many factors in any abusive relationship, but one main one is the “excuses”, that is the demise of the one giving it.

It is not those who can't say “No” to using that is to blame, the true blame falls are on those who can’t say “No” to selling. In the end, we have to teach our children right from wrong, personal responsibility to humanity, and love for themselves and others. But for a society to move forward we must also cease this love hate relationship and idolization with criminality in all its forms.This is just one step to us building a community with few fatal flaws, a community that’s more empowered than it is imperfect or empowered despite our imperfections. So let's build great communities but let's stop making excuses for the things that's kill them. But we first have to be honest with ourselves and admit that it's the excuses that are executing use.