The human body is a bizarre mix of complex systems. Who’d have thought lead in the blood would be linked to criminality? Good news is that global lead pollution is dropping.
The bad news that some lead in the blood pollution is definitely still a crime issue.
Geeklawyer… perhaps this explains the extraordinary phenomenon (still reported ocasionally) of burglars stripping lead off church roofs….. they are getting their fix.
We should be compassionate… send them for addiction treatment and not regard them as thieving burglars.
I’m going to write to The Ministry of Justice immediately. Jack “The Lad Chancellor” Straw will be pleased. He willl be able to write to the Chief Justice and provide another edict about who can and who cannot be imprisoned. Maybe I should just write to the CJ myself - cut out the middle man?
Lead poisoning was also suggested in prior writings as a possibly suitable methodology for dealing with a certain well known problem - well, as perceived by some. See:
http://chickyog.blogspot.com/2005/09/hell-is-happening-to-other-people.html#c112755878719116577
Let’s hope the Bsupporters understanding of ironic humour is much improved. The notion of their perpetrating a Vendetta against Fowl Curd ranks at just a slightly lower level as their committing some atrocity on Ready Steady Cook
My Dear Geek,
This is totally off topic , but…. (*picks up magaphone*)
WILL THERE BE AUGUST BLOGDRINKIES OR ARE BAR STUDENTS BANNED IN PEREPTUITY??
(*puts down megaphone, exits stage left*)
Good grief woman at least post it on the right post (lawblog2008). Yes it will happen probably late August. I need to sort out a pub function room somewhere first.
“They recruited 250 pregnant women from a poor lead-contaminated inner-city district in Cincinnati.
I couldn’t help but notice they picked people from a poor area. Could it perhaps be that areas with a high level of lead pollution are also the poorest e.g. Inner City/slums; cheap housing near industrial areas? Low paid manual labor jobs working with Lead?
If you look at the main factors of what cause crime and then look at the main attributes that define poverty you will realized they are one and the same.