THAT'S NOT FAIR! The battle cry of every child. We have all said it usually to be answered with “Life’s not fair.” I believe even as kids we meant that is not just. We had a keen idea of justice and what it meant but not the words to describe it. In our hearts and minds we knew when things were unjust, we wanted thing to be just for us and our friends. I was always sensitive I hated to see others kept out or hurt. I felt guilt (sometimes still get twinges as an adult when memories stir) when I was unkind.
We are disconnected even more so than ever, which is ironic considering our technology has made our world more connected than ever. We no longer notice the unjust or unfair. Not unless it is on a social media feed a million times. Even then what do we really do about it. Send thoughts and prayers change our status and profile picture. Post some stupid guilt meme “only heartless people will scroll past”, then we go about our day good deed done. Some really special people troll the sites and fake involvement for notoriety or benefit, (I.e stolen valor, fake witnesses, fake tipsters) there is a special place for you. Yet at the end of the day what has been done to truly help and make a difference. It has become so bad that the people you should depend on are no longer dependable. When I was a child I was taught if something goes wrong run to the neighbors house, ask a police person to help you, and you can call 911. Now we so not know our neighbors, the police may not even stop, and 911 has longer holds than DMV lines. Who can you turn to?
It is scary to live in this new disconnected world. We are all bystanders, there are very few involved people and even less justice. It is sad that when our parents told us Life's not fair. They really should have said that Life's not just. That would have been the truest and most important lesson we could have learned.
in todays world, justice, like medicine has a price .... i was never prepared to live in the world i find myself in and had no idea how to give more than i understood/believed the way it was suppose to all work..... has not worked out well for either of us .... so sorry about that ...
ReplyDeleteJustice seems like a very slippery slope. Fights start when someone feels lIke they have been cheated or insulted. But a perceived justice does not make right nor is it fair. The world needs to learn compromise and shared interests. Only then is anything Just and Fair. I really like this post, it's got me thinking.
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