How do you arrange your moral universe?

In Fort Lauderdale, Florida this week a 90 year-old man was arrested for feeding the homeless! Yes, that's right... it's true!

I saw an article about this yesterday, but then watched Russell Brand's response to this sad indictment on the human condition this morning. Truly, what are we coming to when we have institutionalised corruption of this nature? Brand has nailed the nonsense of this in his brilliantly mocking response, but of course the law is still in place in Fort Lauderdale... some people don't live in a moral universe that guides the rest of us, and it seems the wealthier society becomes, the greater the risk of succumbing to the greed affliction... so much so that in some jurisdictions, laws are being installed that further disenfranchise the needy. Of course, this will usually be rationalised in some obscure way as an attempt to deter the problem in the first place, but that's based on the false premise that feeding the homeless only serves to encourage homelessness.

It doesn't matter which way you look at it - the approach taken here is devoid of moral fibre, compassion, humanity. And let's be clear on this too, that the people who are putting these laws in place are the very people who have been installed to represent the community. A twisted reality, indeed! Elected representatives have an obligation on every level to serve and protect the communities they represent... this means all in the community!

Let us never forget the advice offered by Thomas Jefferson, "When injustice becomes the law, then resistance becomes duty."