SWIFT AND SURE

WHOEVER DECLARED THAT A PUNISHMENT SHOULD BE "SWIFT AND SURE," NEVER SUSPECTED THAT THIS DICTUM PROVES OUR NEED FOR FAITH IN GOD. ONLY GOD, THE ULTIMATE EXTRA-TERRESTIAL, CAN DELIVER A JUST PUNISHMENT WHICH EXTENDS BEYOND SOCIETY'S IMPERFECT, MORAL IMPERATIVE.

IF I FALL IN A HOLE BY CHANCE AT MY WORKPLACE AND BELIEVE THAT CHANCE PLAYED NO PART IN DELIVERING TO ME MY SPRAINED ANKLE, I PROBABLY WILL SUE SOME ENTITY WITH THE AID AND COMFORT OF A LAWYER. IF I AM THE VICTIM OF A VIOLENT CRIME, SOCIETY WILL ATTEMPT TO BRING MY COLD-BLOODED KILLER TO JUSTICE. IN BOTH CASES, HOWEVER, PUNISHMENTS TO THE PARTIES RESPONSIBLE WILL BE, BY NATURE OF THEIR EARTHLY CONDITION, SLOW AND DOUBTFUL.

WE HUMAN BEINGS SHOULD KNOW THAT CHANCE PLAYED THE ONLY PART IN AN ACCIDENTAL FOOT INJURY AND THAT TECHNOLOGY DELIVERS THE FATAL BLOW AFTER AN ENEMY FOCUSES A VICTIM WITHIN HIS GUNSIGHT. SUCH PUNISHMENTS ARE SWIFT AND SURE BECAUSE THEY ARE WITHIN THE NATURAL LAW WHICH IS THE LAW OF NATURE'S GOD.

THE LAWS AND ACTIONS OF MAN ARE JUST THE OPPOSITE. HOW MUCH SATISFACTION CAN I EXPECT TO DERIVE FROM AMERICA'S JUDICIAL SYSTEM TODAY? NO PUNISHMENT IS SWIFT AND SURE DUE TO THE INTERMINABLE PERMUTATIONS, PENUMBRAS, MACHINATIONS AND SHEER NONSENSE INHERENT IN THE SYSTEM. THIS IS WHY I BELIEVE THAT THE SOLUTON TO THIS SITUATION IS FAITH IN GOD. I CAN COUNT ON HIM IN A FUTURE WORLD COURT TO METE OUT JUST PUNISHMENTS (AND JUST REWARDS) THAT ARE SWIFT AND SURE.