| Without Googling a definition, my take on justice is it is simply payment in kind for a certain specific offense to another. It is seen as a kind of deterrent but I think it's more equalization of what is done to you relative to what you did to someone else.
If you brutality slaughter someone and his family, spending the rest of your life in prison isn't really justice. As much of a hell-hole a prison may be, the human animal has the ability to "get used to" even the worst conditions and as such his life is a LOT better than what he did to his victims.
Not a day goes by that I don't see something that reinforces my belief that people are idiots. |