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In the name of justice?
There was a time in my youth when I was taught that "justice" always prevailed. As i reach an age where my perception of things previously taught began to be challenged by the dynamics of my own reality, i sought to compare the theory of justice to it's actual practice. In my analysis of this "mass mess" I found startling contradictions and eye-opening (for those who wish to open their eyes) disparities between those who distribute justice and those whom justice is distributed to. To understand the pro-found magnitude of these overreaching implications, we must first define justice in theory as being; The process by which every man receives their just due (by societal standards). With this being said, and hopefully agreed upon, i shall begin introducing the myriad of contradictions stemming from this illusive and often vague perception of justice applied. Naturally, peoples likes and dislikes depend upon their beliefs, which also determine their judgmental views of others.
Herein lies the "criminal justice system", (courts, judges, prosecutors, prisons, jails etc...) where individuals are judged by the same standards previously discussed, (although this fact isn't widely acknowledged nor realized) usually before they're put into a position of being judged. Whenever there's human judgment in effect, there's always a margin of error. Therefore, people often mistake the innocent or good man for guilty, and a guilty or bad man for innocent, in which case the above theory of justice is wrongly applied, but it seems to matter none. The reality of one's true character is realistically never at issue, only the perceived and final judgment of said individual(s) matter. Although this rationale is totally irrational it goes hand in hand with a perception that's realistically unreal. The innocent or good man, although not guilty, but having been judged as so, will also be punished as so. According to the practice of justice, it's right to punish a man who does no wrong because he's been "judged" guilty of wrong doing. i think it's proper to assume that all would view this all too common scenario as unjust and backwards. So in the opposite direction the conclusion will be that for a bad judge of character it will often be right to punish the innocent, when they're actually the innocent. The exact opposite of giving every man his just due!
When one is judged on
the scale of reasonable doubt, how is justice to be fairly applied? Anything
less than 100% certainty is a mess. Thus, the question i pose is,
"Can an honestly just man judge and/or punish another on a guess?" And
if so, can this man truly be just or honest? He's no less a criminal than
the man having been judged guilty as such! When one is punished excessively
or undeservingly it has to make that man less just, meaning making them
worse men by the standard of "human excellence." After all, justice is
a peculiarly human excellence, or it's supposed to be. A musician or a
riding master cannot be exercising their special skill if he makes his
pupils unmusical or bad riders, whereas the "just" man is exercising his
justice by making men unjust. Or, in more general terms, the good are to
make men bad by exercising their virtue - justice.... So if the "supposed"
just man is just, the business of punishing people excessively or undeservingly,
whether innocent or guilty, must belong to his opposite, the unjust. Unless
he, in actuality, is his opposite, the unjust! When viewing the current
justice system, prison is theorized as being the line between a "civilized
society" and anarchy, but one need not look closely to notice how uncivilized
societies ruling class' really are. Today's interpretation of justice actually
lies in the interest of the ruling class. Justice or right is nothing but
the name given by the men actually holding power in any state, to any actions
they enjoin by law upon their subjects. All the laws formed by these despots
are to promote their own personal or class interest. There are very few
trial judges who merely judge, who rule on questions of law. Appellate
division judges are far worse. They're the whores that become madams selling
their services to their constituents holding the most profitable political
interest. Right or wrong have no other meaning at all! When one is spat
upon and has his humanity rejected in the name of justice, how is he to
respect that which is supposed to be civil? When proponents of "civil order"
manifest the barbaric animality by physically and psychologically ipposing
conditions not proper for animals, upon men who've been both wrongfully
and excessively punished, who's responsible for the outcome? Even in this
light the law of karma is in effect. The cause is always responsible for
the actions of those affected by the effect. A being doesn't automatically
come into this world knowing. They are taught by others who were also taught;
thus, we have a civilized society where the sum of all virtue is respected,
or an uncivilized society where the virtues of the few are forcefully imposed
upon the many. All the complaints about law and order not being respected,
have only one cause; And that's the character of those who dictate said
law and order. The law and not justice is emphasized! Law and order were
Adolf Hitler's theme at a period of time. His "ethnic cleaning" or "Genocide"
of the Jews proved, without a doubt, that 99.9% of the time "law" has nothing
to do with "justice", it's the "order" of things. In praise of true
philosophy, the human race will never see the end of trouble until true
lovers and respectors of wisdom should come to hold political office, or
the holders of political power should, by some divine appointment, become
true lovers and respectors of wisdom. How hard can it be to do what's right?
Again, that would vary according to perceptions of right and wrong. This
remains one vital explanation for the decline of society, and of the individual
soul. The lowest depth to which the state can fall is despotism, and in
the souls of the despotic few, the three most powerful motives: fear, ambition,
and greed have finally triumphed over reason and humanity. Without true
justice, state-craft must be either blind and aimless or directed (as it
commonly is) to false and worthless ends. Justice in its present form is
no more worthy of theory than practice, and those who think to the contrary
are those who would next propose bars and concrete around the perimeter
of all inner city and urban areas in an effort to "pad" the fears that
the haves have of the have nots. It's undoubtedly true that amerikkka is
the only country to suffer a decline in civilization without first becoming
civil!
Written By:
Ohadyan Ben-Yisrayl
s/n: Christopher Peterson
Standing in Revolutionary Solidarity, Vita Wa Wato!!!
Abbayah Shalom...
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