In feudal Japan, the country was a patch-work quilt of warlord rulers that had armies of Samurai who maintained their stronghold on their territory. The Samurai ruled the populus with an iron fist with the penalty for almost any infraction being instant death at the hand of the Samurai sword. Consequently, there was very little petty crime.
In today's Nannystate, there is almost no penalty for the lawless. In Texas, a man attempts to stop two home invaders from stealing his neighbor's possessions. Confronted by the perpetrators, he shoots both of them with a 12 gauge shotgun killing them. The Grand Jury declines to indict the man for murder. Yet Fox News' Judge Napolitano opines that they should have been tried for murder - these two individuals that were here in the United States illegally, committing a crime against the home of an American by stealing the American home owner's possession are the victims! Unbelievable!!
Any wonder why the plaques are gone?
TQ