Rid The World Of Punishment

I’m a ‘Johnny Come Late’ to this ethical debate: does

the means justify the end when a criminal commits

fraud in a friendly, accommodating & helpful way;

does his kindness towards his victims justify his

 

Breaking the law, does the contribution of a murderer

to another murder victim’s family, justify his killing the

original murderer? TV series like Dexter and Blacklist

and movies like ‘Catch Me If You Can’ imply that the

 

Kind means employed in breaking the law and taking

revenge on murderers who evade the law justifies the

end result: Justice & Revenge for their victims; & this

reminds of Terry Pratchett’s ‘Going Postal’ in which

 

Moist von Lipwig is a scallywag, a likeable fraudster

who always acts respectfully towards his victims and

uses people’s avarice against themselves, which does

seem to be these covetous’ people just reward - and

 

We all cheer Dexter, serial killer of proven murderers,

and ‘The Good Samaritan’ in the Blacklist series who

replicates the injuries his victims caused their loved

ones, to make them feel the same pain - the

 

Principle of “an eye for an eye” makes so much sense

when looking at South Africa where the criminals are

protected, now we are a failed state where the railway

service has been dismantled by criminals - and

 

ESKOM, state provider of electricity, is destroyed by

nepotism & sabotage - since idiots decided to rid the

world of punishment, the criminals in government &

civil society destroyed the state almost completely -

 

As private individuals & private security companies

keep the system running for privileged individuals,

wrong-doing is mostly protected in our country &   

government is led by the incompetent so we

 

Can’t compete with other 3rd world countries which

still maintain law and order by punishing criminals

trying to destroy the state, this destructive creed

seems to be orchestrated so that Africa

 

Can still be raped and plundered…

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TV series: “Dexter” and “Blacklist”

Movies “Catch Me If You Can” Steven Spielberg

Books “Going Postal” Terry Pratchett