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Old Jan 7, 2004, 11:17 pm   #9 (permalink) (top)
Waychel
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I fail to see how doing away with a justice system altogether would help matters – only make them worse. Keep in mind that, as white rice said, justice is a matter of perception. Having some limited involvement in regards to the judicial system myself, I would go so far as to say that EVERY person in EVERY circumstance thinks that they are the victim – even if said person was the actual crook in the matter. In actuality, justice may be blind, but human beings who are not impartial to the matter at hand are both blind and selfish by contrast; a fact which is demonstrated every day in every courtroom with nearly every case.

Without a judicial system, there would otherwise be total anarchy. We would be disenfranchising the weak, sentencing them to be dominated by the strong. Yes, this is how nature is, but keep in mind that nature is without justice at all - as we would be under such a system (or lack thereof).

It is civilization that gave birth to the philosophy of justice, so IMO it is civility that should be exercised in matters of justice just the same. What you are proposing is total barbarism and I can only see it as jeopardizing justice rather than absolutely guaranteeing it.


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