Friday, April 24, 2015

Injustice for the Benefit of Others?

The White Bear facility was not established to promote justice but instead to promote profit by giving people what they want to see, an eye for an eye, or at least that is what it seems like, but is it wrong to punish someone without the intent of justice? The White Bear facility seemed at first to be a perfect justice. They made the criminal feel the same way their victim did, but at a certain point, they go to far. They don’t allow the woman to remember her crime then compare her experience as the victim with her wrongdoing then let her wallow in what she’s done and grow as a human being then eventually reform her and release her into society even though the society we live in today doesn’t allow for the redemption of criminals. Something else to consider is that she may or may not have reformed after experiencing the same pain as her victim. After all, there are many cases of someone undergoing a painful experience and then still forcing others to undergo that same experience, and she has already committed the crime once.

            The White Bear facility though offers punishment/torture for the entertainment of others. There is no reform, just pure entertainment for profit, but is that wrong? Is it wrong to make money off the suffering of criminals in what looks like justice? The White Bear facility would make the government a large amount of money, money that could be used for the benefits of other noncriminal citizens. It could go into education or getting healthcare on its feet or keeping social security on its feet. The suffering of a criminal could bring about the joy of others.

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