Welease for me B'wabis!

The Gospel reading from St. Mark's account of the arrest and trial of Jesus reminded me of modern society's catch and release policy when I heard it this week.  The people of Jesus' time, 2000 years ago, so possessed by an ideology that, they were willing to release a hardened criminal to not admit they were wrong.  Win at all costs.  Like Glaude Principles, Barabbas was released because he wasn't Jesus, he didn't offend their ideology.  It's like the scene from the original Robo Cop movie where Robo Cop shoots the smoke out of a citizen's mouth while letting the violent offender go; it's backward and it's upside down.