How do we define justice?

Justice
noun

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1. The quality of being just; righteousness, equitableness, or moral rightness: to uphold the justice of a cause.
2. Rightfulness or lawfulness, as of a claim or title; justness of ground or reason: to complain with justice.
3. The moral principle determining just conduct.
4. Conformity to this principle, as manifested in conduct; just conduct, dealing, or treatment.
5. The administering of deserved punishment or reward.

The last explanation really gets to me - "Deserved punishment or reward"...

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So, IF you keep your nose clean, you stay out of jail... You keep your "freedom", and in doing so, you pay taxes on almost everything...

Extortionate prices on fuel, food, rent and other living expenses, travel, education, healthcare...

You pay more money when you are working because the government take half of it back off you in income tax and national insurance...

OR... 

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You commit criminal activity, you get put into jail (occasionally, but that is for another blog...), you LOSE your "freedom"!

This basically means you get everything paid for you - a roof over your head, free food, entertainment, internet etc... You can learn for free as well as have free medical treatment given to you whenever you need it.

This is often referred to as "paying your debt to society"! 

Maybe they should turn the system on it's head! Lock the non-criminals up and keep the criminals in society to face the doom and gloom of taxes, inflation, VAT, sky-high fuel prices, education and other expenses...

Maybe this is how criminals should really pay their debt to society!

I was speaking to a friend, Collette Howe earlier who made a very valid point. Their point was:

"what is it with all these programmes on tv where they all have some kind of special power or extraordinary memories or something...does my head in, in the 'real world' people are frigging struggling to survive everyday as it is... and if anyone with any 'special powers' existed they totally would just be a criminal anyway so they can get something on the down low and not have to pay stupid prices.... not a freaking hero like this shit on tv portrays em to be!" [SIC]

So, to sum things up: with great power comes great responsibilit.... Ahhh screw it! Wanna rob a bank?!

- Thelittlerich