Wednesday, November 30, 2005
This mighte be a tad weird coming from me but this blog is about law and morals.
Okay, the law has many faces and many ways of interpretation..... The most basic is what we call morality or moral values. Stealing, killing and cheating are all wrong. Then comes the gray area for stealing and cheating, when are you really doing something bad and when are you not. An example is a poor man is constantly harassed by gangsters, the police wont or cant do anything so is he justified to take the law into his own hands? The law says no but the rules of the street say yes. If you were in the poor man's shoes what would you do? The law protects those who know it and those who can abuse it. The innocent are sent to prison because they dun understand the law or are unlucky. The triad lords and Mafia godfathers can do as they please and die like kings.
Question: Where is God in this? Where is the justice?
Answer: God doesnt allow you to be hurt! It is the inaction of good men that allows evil to hurt the innocent with impunity. Justice is payback against those who hurt those you care about.
After watching Boondock Saints in Australia, I realised that God helps those who help themselves. For those who have yet to watch the movie, its about 2 bros who take the law into their own hands and kill the mob in bizarre fashion.
I am not of course asking people to take the law into their own hands, especially since the law in Singapore is good and generally fair. No system is perfect but at least Singapore is quite safe.
Well thats enough for tonight.
Nights!
Okay, the law has many faces and many ways of interpretation..... The most basic is what we call morality or moral values. Stealing, killing and cheating are all wrong. Then comes the gray area for stealing and cheating, when are you really doing something bad and when are you not. An example is a poor man is constantly harassed by gangsters, the police wont or cant do anything so is he justified to take the law into his own hands? The law says no but the rules of the street say yes. If you were in the poor man's shoes what would you do? The law protects those who know it and those who can abuse it. The innocent are sent to prison because they dun understand the law or are unlucky. The triad lords and Mafia godfathers can do as they please and die like kings.
Question: Where is God in this? Where is the justice?
Answer: God doesnt allow you to be hurt! It is the inaction of good men that allows evil to hurt the innocent with impunity. Justice is payback against those who hurt those you care about.
After watching Boondock Saints in Australia, I realised that God helps those who help themselves. For those who have yet to watch the movie, its about 2 bros who take the law into their own hands and kill the mob in bizarre fashion.
I am not of course asking people to take the law into their own hands, especially since the law in Singapore is good and generally fair. No system is perfect but at least Singapore is quite safe.
Well thats enough for tonight.
Nights!
# posted by Ian @ 11:53 PM 
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