Dingo the Dissident

THE BLOG OF DISQUIET : Qweir Notions, an uncommonplace-book from the Armpit of Diogenes, binge-thinker jottings since 2008 .

Monday 1 September 2014

Crime and Punishment

In the past,
many shopkeepers ended up
with almost-empty tills,
and went bankrupt,
not because of shoplifters
(deserving and undeserving poor, perhaps)
who were transported to Australia
for their crimes (at the very least),
but because the rich and the titled
and the undeserving rich
were at liberty to refuse to pay their bills.

Now read Beyond-the-Pale's page of the month for September 2014 >

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