I find this image:
of celebrations in Washington last night at the news of the death of Osama Bin Laden, rather reminiscent of this image:
of a another woman celebrating what she equally perceived as "justice", almost 10 years earlier on a bright September morning.
Personally I see no cause to celebrate "justice" in either of the events that inspired these impromptu jubilations.
Of course I am pleased that a particularly nasty ideological hydra has had its most venomous head removed. And perhaps it really was the only way that this could have been accomplished, but I had always equated justice with some sort of trial.
I'm afraid each of the celebrations above look to me worryingly more like retribution, and I've got an uncomfortable feeling that that has a rather circular element to it. I hope I'm wrong.
of celebrations in Washington last night at the news of the death of Osama Bin Laden, rather reminiscent of this image:
of a another woman celebrating what she equally perceived as "justice", almost 10 years earlier on a bright September morning.
Personally I see no cause to celebrate "justice" in either of the events that inspired these impromptu jubilations.
Of course I am pleased that a particularly nasty ideological hydra has had its most venomous head removed. And perhaps it really was the only way that this could have been accomplished, but I had always equated justice with some sort of trial.
I'm afraid each of the celebrations above look to me worryingly more like retribution, and I've got an uncomfortable feeling that that has a rather circular element to it. I hope I'm wrong.
How to Celebrate Justice
Reviewed by Doctor Smile
on
May 02, 2011
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Reviewed by Doctor Smile
on
May 02, 2011
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