Legal means fair?
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This is a question I get pondered with over a long time.
If it is not fair, consider 'legal' as a unfair ideology of a legal state of civilazation. Aren't we supposed to be liberal and work for fairness in today's advancement?
Reflection
Put in the reverse way, "unfairness isn't illegal" - which is the opposite of legal is fairness. In this reversal, 'fairness' becomes 'unfairness', 'legal' becomes 'illegal'. The positive sentence becomes reversed and negative - 'is' becomes 'is not'. The resultant - "Unfairness isn't Illegal".
So, the world is by exclusion, until proven guilty he is innocent. There is nothing illegal to be unfair, if you never get caught. The law can make this illegal, but if you never get caught, it is never punished - until proven guilty. May be only GOD will punish in real fairness in the future. But, that again is an unknown - to whom it may concern.
This is a question I get pondered with over a long time.
If it is not fair, consider 'legal' as a unfair ideology of a legal state of civilazation. Aren't we supposed to be liberal and work for fairness in today's advancement?
A good illustration is "smoking is unfair to your partner as you endanger others due to second hand smoke".
Nonetheless, it is only in recent years that this is viewed fair and even more so recently that it became legal in our society in some enclosures like air conditioned places.
There are two issues here.
First is the hardwares or the meaning of fairness or legal. Second is the softwares of how in legal setting such fairness can be enforced and sustained.
Let's not argue over the meaning of 'legal' or 'fair'. For, there are too many legal scenarios not being fair. Like in law, there is no distinction of a third gender - that a man is trapped in the body of a woman. Or, trespass to land - how on earth the trespasser knows it is your land?
And, the second issue of 'software' is even more out of context. For, legally it is hard to enforce certain rules. Take for example, speed limit. How on earth is the speed limit be maintained at 60km/hr or less when nobody is to enforce the rule? Yes, there is signboard. Sometimes, multiples of them. However, when an accident of car knocking down a pedestrian, who is to tell you he was driving beyond the speed limit? Is there camera or forensic expert that is able to show that the victim was rammed over by a car at 59.9km/hr or 60.1km/hr?
Anyway, in the accident, the victim died. You can say, well he is just unlucky. So, is that fair?
So, fairness and legal is never the same denominator. A fair person is harder to live than being 'legal' and not get caught. Most of us are never fair, especially to ourselves, but we are in general 'legal' in the context of civilized living. We aren't fair especially to ourselves because we always make excuses.
In other words, we can be legal - by human standard of the local custom and traditions, but never fair in the context of allowing us the shenanigans of ills and evils, eg. ego, laziness, selfishness and the wealth of double standards.
Let's not argue over the meaning of 'legal' or 'fair'. For, there are too many legal scenarios not being fair. Like in law, there is no distinction of a third gender - that a man is trapped in the body of a woman. Or, trespass to land - how on earth the trespasser knows it is your land?
And, the second issue of 'software' is even more out of context. For, legally it is hard to enforce certain rules. Take for example, speed limit. How on earth is the speed limit be maintained at 60km/hr or less when nobody is to enforce the rule? Yes, there is signboard. Sometimes, multiples of them. However, when an accident of car knocking down a pedestrian, who is to tell you he was driving beyond the speed limit? Is there camera or forensic expert that is able to show that the victim was rammed over by a car at 59.9km/hr or 60.1km/hr?
Anyway, in the accident, the victim died. You can say, well he is just unlucky. So, is that fair?
So, fairness and legal is never the same denominator. A fair person is harder to live than being 'legal' and not get caught. Most of us are never fair, especially to ourselves, but we are in general 'legal' in the context of civilized living. We aren't fair especially to ourselves because we always make excuses.
In other words, we can be legal - by human standard of the local custom and traditions, but never fair in the context of allowing us the shenanigans of ills and evils, eg. ego, laziness, selfishness and the wealth of double standards.
Reflection
Put in the reverse way, "unfairness isn't illegal" - which is the opposite of legal is fairness. In this reversal, 'fairness' becomes 'unfairness', 'legal' becomes 'illegal'. The positive sentence becomes reversed and negative - 'is' becomes 'is not'. The resultant - "Unfairness isn't Illegal".
So, the world is by exclusion, until proven guilty he is innocent. There is nothing illegal to be unfair, if you never get caught. The law can make this illegal, but if you never get caught, it is never punished - until proven guilty. May be only GOD will punish in real fairness in the future. But, that again is an unknown - to whom it may concern.
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