Greed and the Civilized Society
Posted on Sunday 24 April 2016
Greed
and the Civilized Society
By Apolinario Villalobos
Transforming from the practices of various
barbarian societies, the execution of justice based on actual commitment of
misdeed, has evolved into one that has become founded on supposedly intelligent
reasons and fairness, hence, the symbol of the Lady Justice as a blindfolded
woman holding a perfectly- balanced scale.
Unfortunately, the intelligence of man is
such that he has developed the propensity of circumventing written laws for his
advantage. And, since the Lady Justice is blindfolded, she has no way of
knowing about the deceitful effort. The Lady Justice leaves everything to the
exchanges of “legal” justifications that
paid lawyers let out in court….and further leaves everything to the judge who
makes the decision. The problem here is when the innocent has no money for an
intelligent lawyer, while on the other hand the perpetrator of the offense can
afford to hire an intelligent Bar topnotcher. Still, worst, is when the judge
is also caught in the web of payoffs.
Oftentimes, we hear the line, “for every
rule, there is an exception” which means that even the best Law of the land can
be circumvented by excuses to give exemptions to misdeeds. Oftentimes,
exemptions are based on the thickness of the wads of crisp bills. With this
situation, where does “justice” come in?
Another popular adage is, “if a misdeed has
no complainant, there is no offense”. Oftentimes, this kind of unwritten rule
always puts the poor in the disadvantage, because unless he files a complaint
against an offender, he could not expect justice. But since the poor victim
cannot afford an intelligent lawyer, no case is filed, except a simple police
report in the precinct blotter. Also, if a rich offender wants to go scot-free
from a misdeed, he can even hire a “fall guy” to take his place.
The Law of the civilized society is
supposed to protect the constituents and much effort on the part of the
government should be exerted toward this end. Unfortunately, the modern-day
barbarians – corrupt officials and wealthy criminals have spoiled everything
that put practically all societies on earth in a mishmash jumble! So, it does
not matter whether a country belongs to a third world or highly-advanced, as
offenses are founded on just one single desire – GREED!
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