‘Crime does not pay’
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| Archbishop Oscar V. Cruz |
The world famous and time tested maxim that “Crime does not pay” does not sink in the mind of criminals — for one reason or another.
In the strong group of the enticement of wealth, the allure of power and/or the seduction of the flesh, criminals become numb to the distinction between vice and virtue; become blind to what hurts or benefits others. The odious conclusion they reach is that yes: “crime pays!” — it pays for their feeling of omnipotence, for their exemption from the laws of the land, for their freedom from conviction and consequent punishment.
It pays for their insatiability in accumulating and keeping heaps of money in their vaults, in the hands of their conspirators, in local and foreign banks — under other names of course. It pays for their acquisition as well as retention of might and influence, for their immunity from prosecution and freedom from imprisonment. It pays for their carnal living, expensive pleasures and luxurious lifestyle. All these payments, however, infallibly and eventually come to a big stop — leaving them pitifully denuded of honor and stripped of human dignity. Then, they trampled upon people. Now, they are trampled upon by people..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
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