Fears that the British Home Office have lost the plot, coupled with the fact that our prisons are now filled almost to bursting point, (one conspiracy theorist actually proposed that scenario. He claimed there was a meeting of the top gangs in England, Wales and Scotland in which it was decided to recruit extra criminals. These individuals would be recruited from those with limited intellectual powers. What the gangs described as, “Fucking idiots.” Large numbers of these fucking idiots could be found on deprived housing estates. They would be given little training in the art of evading capture and be used as cannon fodder.
Eventually, the prisons would become so full that the walls would literally burst open like an overfilled suitcase. The professional criminals would then escape. As for the fucking idiots, they'd soon be recaptured and banged up again. But no one gave a shit about them), have led to great public concerns about Law and Order.
Various initiatives have been suggested in order to help us fight crime. I argue that these are woefully insufficient. We must consider crime as a disease and develop an effective medicine for it. My humble suggestion is based on a surgical procedure used in the 1950's. When neurologists discovered that the frontal lobes of the brain affected behavior, they began to wonder if this could be used to treat patients who suffered from a severe mental illness. As a result a number of patients underwent lobotomy in which their frontal lobes were severed. Whilst this had some beneficial effects, there were a large number of failures. Patients were turned into zombies. Fortunately their lives weren't entirely wasted because they eventually obtained work as extras on films like, “Dawn of the Dead,” “Night of the Living Dead,”and others. A far more effective method would be to develop a pharmaceutical version of this procedure. In other words, a chemical lobotomy.
Recent advances in the drugs used in psychiatry indicate that we may be able to radically alter someone's behavior. There are, after all, drugs that are mood enhancers and well as mood inhibitors. Criminal behavior could one day be modified in this way and I have no doubt there are other scientists also working towards this very goal. But how to administer it? The oral or injection route would need to be voluntary otherwise we will run into problems with civil liberty groups. And how many criminals are willing to give up their lifestyles? Not that many, I'll bet!
No, by far the most effective way would be to introduce it into the water system - like we do fluoride. However, unlike fluoride, it would be done clandestinely. Whilst fluoride protects our teeth, this drug would protect our lives and property. We could once again leave our front doors open.
Once the drug has proved effective few will object to its use. Of course, there's a downside. It would put the police and the prison service out of business. But the money we save on detecting and confining these social misfits could be used to retrain former police and prison officers. The legal system would also be slimmed down. Once the drug has done its work, only civil actions would need to be addressed. And, if this particular drug proves effective, we can move on to modifying other aspects of behavior.
For instance, smoking, drinking and eating unhealthy foods. The private sector would also welcome this with open arms as companies discover that they can make us want to buy their products. In fact, they've already offered our research facility substantial funding for this project. Yes, I and my colleagues firmly believe science is our best and only answer to crime. It may take some time to produce this drug, but I can assure you that once we have it a Brave New World will beckon.
