This should not even be a philosophically controversial statement. The entire concept of national justice arose to stop families and small communities exacting justice themselves. One family might take vengeance on another, and vice versa, and you get generational blood feuds which work to the detriment of everyone. When the families involved were all homogeneous countrymen, rather than whites vs generations of imported economic units, it made sense to have a system that stopped this from escalating.
When the system warps itself to routinely pervert justice of its own accord, it becomes just as much your enemy - far moreso even - than the criminals it's supposedly judging.
When the system warps itself to routinely pervert justice of its own accord, it becomes just as much your enemy
There were only 25 executions last year. There were something like 21000 homicides. Those two numbers should have nearly the same order of magnitude. The government has abdicated its responsibilities. Thus, it becomes the individual's responsibility again.
This should not even be a philosophically controversial statement. The entire concept of national justice arose to stop families and small communities exacting justice themselves. One family might take vengeance on another, and vice versa, and you get generational blood feuds which work to the detriment of everyone. When the families involved were all homogeneous countrymen, rather than whites vs generations of imported economic units, it made sense to have a system that stopped this from escalating.
When the system warps itself to routinely pervert justice of its own accord, it becomes just as much your enemy - far moreso even - than the criminals it's supposedly judging.
There were only 25 executions last year. There were something like 21000 homicides. Those two numbers should have nearly the same order of magnitude. The government has abdicated its responsibilities. Thus, it becomes the individual's responsibility again.