In reply and in agreement to the letters by Ken Evans and John Mills, The Weekend Sun 11 January 2013.
All around Earth, crimes are increasing inexorably, as our population heads towards 8 billion. Crimes are virtually out of control worldwide and in the USA and firearm per family is generally accepted. This certainly provides human predatory instinct, causing us to be our own worst enemy!
There is a huge gap between a genius and an idiot. Some clever people are in prison on account that they committed dubious insidious financial deals, there by ruining many thousands of innocent folk of their savings.
On the other hand, hundreds of thousands of ‘low-lifers' are in prison for heinous crimes. Capital punishment is a must for the worst crimes – murder one, and why should they live off welfare and a burden to taxpayers when incarcerated?
Civil unrest is increasing around our planet as the people fight for space! Birth control should have been in force years ago, we should just replace ourselves in marriage – two babies only! More people, more crimes, and at the present rate, the situation will become worse!
I agree that the ‘warrior chant' haka is responsible for many Maori youths (and adults) to ‘go off the rails' and banning the cane or strap in classes, has allowed many youths to become arrogant.

Ernest Izett, Tauranga.