A quick thought to ponder today: are we as a society
completely devaluing and even abandoning all concept of mercy?
When a judge, recognising that justice demands a harsh punishment, also understands that the unique circumstances of a case are so powerful as to outweigh the natural requirements of justice, the decision to show mercy is a poignant and powerful public proclamation.
Yet when justice is devalued and replaced with a concept of 'social justice', in which individual responsibility is abrogated and laxity not only demanded but claimed as a right, mercy becomes an obsolete relic of history.
The first casualty of 'social justice' is truth; the second is mercy. Jonathan Arnott MEP.
When a judge, recognising that justice demands a harsh punishment, also understands that the unique circumstances of a case are so powerful as to outweigh the natural requirements of justice, the decision to show mercy is a poignant and powerful public proclamation.
Yet when justice is devalued and replaced with a concept of 'social justice', in which individual responsibility is abrogated and laxity not only demanded but claimed as a right, mercy becomes an obsolete relic of history.
The first casualty of 'social justice' is truth; the second is mercy. Jonathan Arnott MEP.
