chapter 12

[miriam_e]

The latest part of my Selena City story about Adele, a lesbian in a near future where sexuality is not an issue.

part 12 Checking (3282 words)

Wow! Looks like I've found out how to keep my word count up: just have my internet computer's hard drive self-destruct. My own fault really. I should have moved all that machine's data to a newer drive long ago. They only last several years. It's a good thing I have different computers for different purposes, but I've lost all my email for the last few months. [groan] Thank heavens for Puppy Linux, because it lets me boot my machine without my boot hard drive.

So, anyway... today's chapter... I'm not sure it works very well. Once again I'm too close to it to be able to see it. I'm sure it could be written much better, but that'll have to wait till December for the editing.

Let me know what you think of it.

Comments

[miriam-e.livejournal.com]

There have been a lot of attempts to truly reform criminal behavior, but they all require thought and creative solutions. Unfortunately standard, hierarchical institutions are not great at either of those. It is much easier to give in to the old punishment mindset. It has never really worked, but people's feeling that it should work has always been enough.

One day we might have a society where people who've committed crimes are repaired and become useful members of society, rather than further damaged and go on to wreak more havok in society.