In this world of ours, the most chaotic of places are those where people can get away with whatever they do. Without any sort of physical repurcussion, it seems, anything goes. The internet is a breeding ground for scammers, trolls and idiots alike, since everything is done from behind a screen. Where police is corrupt, crime runs rampant like King Kong in Teletubby land.
This means that the law is the only thing that holds society together, like invisible strings that prevent the world from shattering into a million Gundam-shaped pieces. However, this also means that humans, if left to their own devices will eventually tear the world apart, and the problem is so serious that there needs to be an overarching force just to keep ourselves in check, which puts a huge question mark over human morality. The only thing short of the law itself being uncivil is people being forced to watch Celine Dion live in concert as a punishment - people would be begging for the noose in the face of that, and those that sing along probably won't be a threat to society anytime soon.
Despite this, however, the law can only reach as far as it can see, which means that justice is at times arbitrary. In fact, I would say almost blind, because I personally believe that it is the person and not the sin that should be condemned. A drug trafficker trying to pay off his brother's gambling debts gets sentenced to death. A murderer who killed defending a relative is subjected to the rod. The list goes on.
What this means is also that the law does not punish evil people, it punishes crime. So, if something is immoral but not against the law, then the scales of Justice are powerless. In other words, the law does not bring out the good in society ; Rather, it simply stamps out certain acts that are deemed bad for society.
For people who get a kick out of being immoral, this means that to skulk in the shadows out of the reach of the law, the amount of acts you can get away with would be, in fact, rather limited. So, to the person flaming me for apparently no reason, I understand that you have nothing better to do, so I won't hold it against you even if you are a raving idiot - after all, you're just a product of society, one of many homogenous products. I'm not saying you're wrong. To get back on track, it should be said that all of us have done something immoral at some point of time - doing something good with a bad motive is immoral too. So, immorality is a part of all of us - The devil on our shoulders does beat the angel at times.
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Is it just me, or is school most fun when lessons are optional?
This means that the law is the only thing that holds society together, like invisible strings that prevent the world from shattering into a million Gundam-shaped pieces. However, this also means that humans, if left to their own devices will eventually tear the world apart, and the problem is so serious that there needs to be an overarching force just to keep ourselves in check, which puts a huge question mark over human morality. The only thing short of the law itself being uncivil is people being forced to watch Celine Dion live in concert as a punishment - people would be begging for the noose in the face of that, and those that sing along probably won't be a threat to society anytime soon.
Despite this, however, the law can only reach as far as it can see, which means that justice is at times arbitrary. In fact, I would say almost blind, because I personally believe that it is the person and not the sin that should be condemned. A drug trafficker trying to pay off his brother's gambling debts gets sentenced to death. A murderer who killed defending a relative is subjected to the rod. The list goes on.
What this means is also that the law does not punish evil people, it punishes crime. So, if something is immoral but not against the law, then the scales of Justice are powerless. In other words, the law does not bring out the good in society ; Rather, it simply stamps out certain acts that are deemed bad for society.
For people who get a kick out of being immoral, this means that to skulk in the shadows out of the reach of the law, the amount of acts you can get away with would be, in fact, rather limited. So, to the person flaming me for apparently no reason, I understand that you have nothing better to do, so I won't hold it against you even if you are a raving idiot - after all, you're just a product of society, one of many homogenous products. I'm not saying you're wrong. To get back on track, it should be said that all of us have done something immoral at some point of time - doing something good with a bad motive is immoral too. So, immorality is a part of all of us - The devil on our shoulders does beat the angel at times.
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Is it just me, or is school most fun when lessons are optional?
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