Monday, February 2, 2009

Justice

There are many different ways to react when we feel we have been wronged, some of us accept it as a kind of karma for something we have done, (especially if we feel bad for something we have done recently) sometimes we just feel sad and cold, particularly if it was something emotional between friends, family or lovers, sometimes we feel angry, this anger can be directed at the world or god, particularly in wrongs that we could not have helped, such as when a young mother or a child is diagnosed with cancer, but sometimes we feel angry at the news bringer, such as the doctors, sometimes we feel angry at the person who has caused the wrong, such as the person who has destroyed our property. This is when justice is called for, but as this justice is born of anger we have to ask is this about revenge, about making us feel better that we are not the only ones hurt, about hurting those who have hurt us. Should justice be what we use to make the victim feel better? Should we keep them safe in their own minds or should we do our best to ensure that the injustice or wrong is righted as much as possible and does not occur again.

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