when big boys don't follow the rules

been thinking bout this... jails are full of boys that didn't learn to follow the rules and that have confused fear with respect. there are lots of reasons for this.... hmmm... as a society i think we have become desensitized and the line in the sand for what is ok keeps getting pushed back.... its like you can't unknow what you know... i hope this makes sense. so once you know something after awhile it becomes comfortable.... like loses its shock value... and what wasn't ok becomes ok ~ including breaking the rules.... can you see where i'm going with this? now thru all of this, we have exposed our young men to the likes of bad boys and glorify men from the other side of the track and wear their gang-history like a badge of honor... what's with that? yeah, they made it big but they glorify violence and the gangsta shit... these are men that at one time in their lives used fear to get what they wanted... and boys see that and want that "respect," only its not respect... its fear. don't get me wrong, i don't believe in censorship but it makes me wonder where we're going as a society if this is the kind of art that's created... i dunno... guess i'll have to think on this a little more...