What is Justice?

by jt Posted 2011/06/09 14:21:33

Read More

Read all 105 opinions

Dagon 2011/06/09 14:25:43

+4
moderated...
>> See Replies

More polls by jt

dick 2011/06/16 18:03:39

If you really want justice you need to own at least one of these!

reply
ernest debrew 2011/06/14 06:52:06

+1
Everyone who has human rights.

reply
ernest ... to ernest ... 2011/06/14 06:53:05

+1

reply
kitty 2011/06/10 23:01:34

+1

reply
kitty to kitty 2011/06/10 23:04:38

+1

reply
bluejacket 2011/06/10 22:42:43

+1
In the US, it is how one is prosecuted for their crimes based on who you are, how rich and powerful you are, and who you know. If you are any of the aforemention special people, you may get a slap on the wrist, you may get nothing, you may even get a book and movie deal and become famous. If you are a common citizen, you get the book thrown at you and your assets seized and given to the government. That's how the justice department gets it's nick name, the Just Us department.

reply
Valerie© 2011/06/10 22:15:38

+1
Consequences.

reply
kitty to Valerie© 2011/06/10 23:06:37

+1

reply
Hil 2011/06/10 18:26:47

+2

reply
Whitese7en "by JESUS blood ... 2011/06/10 07:18:20

+1
Getting what one deserves, good or bad.

reply
sam123 2011/06/10 02:46:02

+1
justice is an abstract word that does not exist, you can't buy it , you can't make it in factory either. Howver, you can create the space and atmosphere where you can fabricate some sort of rules that makes the others happy and satisfied.
justice for one person is an oppression for another, rules or law for one person as form of justice is abuse and slavery for the others
so what is justice then? has no colour, no taste, no shape,
but you can feel it
you can enjoy it
and it remains abstract and under interpretations
it can be an intrument that makes others be either humans or animals.

reply
Andrew 2011/06/10 00:27:57

+1
Justice is treating people fairly and having balances when it comes to punishment.

reply
Selketskiss 2011/06/09 20:59:27

+1
That was something that was dished out many yeas ago for you breaking the law...for your crimes, we do not have it anymore....the criminals have all the justice on their side now....

reply
chaoskitty123 2011/06/09 19:36:28

+1
Justice is the feeling or belief that a wrong has been made right.

reply
Intelic KA 2011/06/09 19:09:12

+1
God shall teach/ that the-ELEMENT is ...and that Justice is ..and then Sanctification as well unto Purity!

reply
flaca BN-0 2011/06/09 18:16:34

+1
as an "aside" not an answer, this question reminds me of this quote from Terrance Ratigan's play/movie, The Winslow Boy (excellent btw)

Sir Robert Morton: I wept today because right had been done.
Catherine Winslow: Not justice?
Sir Robert Morton: No, not justice. Right. Easy to do justice. Very hard to do right.

reply
dick to flaca BN-0 2011/06/16 17:56:34

+1
Great answer!

reply
Jareth Majere 2011/06/09 18:09:41

+1
Justice should be a fair application of reasonable laws with some hint of humanity & hope for the betterment of all involved

reply
Intelic KA to Jareth ... 2011/06/09 19:08:02

+2
this is True, God would say...

reply
MercedesKeyes 2011/06/09 17:51:24 (edited)

+2
Justice... NO LONGER - exists! In fact, not so sure it ever did!

reply
Decker ... to Mercede... 2011/06/09 20:08:45

+2
Not in our country Mercedes--most certainly not in our country!!

reply
Jackie 2011/06/09 17:32:38

+2
Murderers death penalty.Rapist pedophiles and drug dealers life no parole.

All parole boards eliminated. Prisoners must serve the sentence given.

All liberal judges an oxy-moron anyway should be removed.

And many more prisons built.

No gyms or excercise yards you go in a cell you stay there. When you come out be weak and pasty as a prisoner should be. No prison riots ever again using weights to attack guards.

reply
Frank 2011/06/09 16:34:09

+2
Rich man=====Justice has become I have money so I can hire the best lawyer and get off for the crime I committed.
Poor man=====Guess I'm going to jail..................

reply
cat 2011/06/09 15:37:06

+2
it is when they need

reply
Lerro DeHazel 2011/06/09 15:28:07

+2
Here in the United States, it is another word that begins with the Letter "J" . . . Similar in that respect to the word, Joke . . .

Well, actually, here in the United States, quite recently . . . It is very much similar to the word JOKE!!!

reply
rand 2011/06/09 15:21:39

+2
As Karl Popper writes in volume 2 of "The Open Society and Its Enemies", ...there are always at least two ideas of 'justice' (of of 'freedom' or of 'equality'), and these two ideas differ very widely indeed." Typically the definition is a product of the time and of the social class offering the definition. Popper goes on to tell how moral ethics are inherent in critical rationalism. Sorry, but it's a deep question for Soda Head.

reply
Ray 2011/06/09 15:13:23

+2
"Justice" is the resolution of a dispute that's favorable to the complainant. The same resolution is "injustice" to the defendant.

reply
Chellie.Bell.Metta 2011/06/09 14:49:46

+3
Justice is what you can pay for...i.e. OJ Simpson

reply
mrdog 2011/06/09 14:40:51

+2
Dirty Harry.... that not Reid.... the other Dirty Harry.... bark

reply
Red Branch to mrdog 2011/06/09 14:48:56

+3
Make that Dingy Harry, Dusty Harry, Dirtbag Harry, etc. Anything but

Dirty Harry (Clint Eastwood) is an American icon.

reply
Παναγιώτης 2011/06/09 14:32:27

+3
justice is dead...

reply
Tinman 2011/06/09 14:31:11

+3
For of our criminal element:

reply
Παναγιώτης to Tinman 2011/06/09 14:34:04

+3
a bullet is better and more effective than the scale of justice right?

reply
Tinman to Παναγιώτης 2011/06/09 15:13:58

+4
Lets put it this way I spent 23 years as a cop in Miami, there is no justice. Someone messes with me or mine and I promise that the least they will have to worry about is the law.

reply
Παναγιώτης to Tinman 2011/06/09 15:26:44

+3
first of all what i said was a joke, second of all even this way you still carry the law in a little different way, as you said you spent 23 year to be a policeman in Miami, i am not a policeman and i do not live in Miami either, so you know better how to handle the things there.

reply
Tinman to Παναγιώτης 2011/06/09 15:29:23

+3
I know it was, I just expanded on the picture I put there. :)

reply
Παναγιώτης to Tinman 2011/06/09 15:30:49

+3
oh, then thank you for telling me this.

reply
chief 00 2011/06/09 14:26:22

+2
Justice is "Just us rich white people get fair treatment in court."

reply
Red Branch to chief 00 2011/06/09 14:50:53

+3
I take it you are on a pity party? Give your money to charity and resign from the white race.

reply
chief 00 to Red Branch 2011/06/09 14:56:37

+2
I ain't white. and there is no pity party just stating facts.

reply