Why stop the crime when aforetime our parents were sold to please the greed of some?
Why stop the crime when shipwreck looting blessed our island homes?
Why stop the crime when bootlegging enriched stores and banks?
Why stop the crime when drug smuggling bought pools and tanks?

Why stop the crime when slapping a wife proves the status of manhood?
Why stop the crime when neglecting a child brings no shame to the neighborhood?
Why stop the crime when getting pregnant in school strengthens the status of youth?
Why stop the crime when aborting a baby is proof of womanhood?

Why think of values, companionship, and family?
These are not necessary in a land where people are lonely?

Why st ...

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