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The GUOC Petition

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People commit crimes because their Life-Qualities have been damaged, stolen or neglected by others or them self. Reclaiming those Life-Qualities means so much more than merely giving up on crime.

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Committing a crime is about as wise as trying to get rid of a nasty cold by sneezing it onto other people.

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Accepting your total-responsibility for your past bad choices is not about going on some guilt trip, it’s about recognising your total power and freedom to change.

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Violence is the preventable use of excessive force - Don’t hug a thug:

Trying to steal happiness is like force-feeding greed.

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The pull of good and evil have exactly equal strengths - for just as long as you're holding either's hand.

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It’s the lies that cause the damage - the truth just hurts.

Victim-denial, is neither good nor brave for a victim or an offender.​

Good Laws are not meant to be broken; they are meant to prevent us from breaking each other.  

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​Sexual offending has no worthwhile regard for the offender, either.

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Treating a shell-shocked (by life) urge to commit crime, with due honour, is far better than trying to shame it. 

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Suckling on the breastless-nipples of addiction will make a sad-sucker out of anyone, unless they're standing up for their inner child.

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Being good can feel like a real drag sometimes, but can be kind of handy if you’re on a  slippery slope!

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 Because empathy  can act as a simultaneous magnifying glass and mirror it can be doubly revealing, and a bit scary.

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Inside any act of bravado, you can hide from anything, except for the things that you alone bring.

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Size really matters, if you want want to be big enough to stop yourself from being a bully.

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It's far far better to mistrust the crime than to mistrust yourself.

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Our emotions can make very eager lookouts, but not always the best captains.

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Never losing one’s temper.

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Moral vertigo is the fear of reaching greater moral heights.

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Crime urges can have great fantasies - but really dumb beliefs.

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​​Why offenders are unlucky too - and why they need to make an Unlucky list.

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A criminal genius, is anyone who can work out that crime never pays what it

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******* promises.

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Other useful exercises: 

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Contact page.

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Useful websites

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GUOC's Crime Novels page.

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