Eye for an iPod

My first impression of "White Bear" was the same as my reaction to anything from Black Mirror. I thought it was creepy and really confusing. Even when I finished watching I still had a lot of questions, but the message they were trying to send was clear. I think that Victoria is not being punished fairly even after learning about the crimes that she committed. I believe that punishments should be rehabilitative no matter what crime was committed or who committed it. "White Bear" shows a society not too far from the one we live in, and I believe that even though the justice park could function in our country, it should never be our form of justice. There are a few problems with the facilities efficiency in bringing justice to society. The facility runs on the principles of "an eye for an eye" which is not very effective with most crimes. The principle itself is flawed. If I were to take three eyes from people, then I have officially beat the system because I only have two eyes that they can take from me. Another flaw with the justice park is that it wipes the memory of the criminal after they have learned their lesson so they not only forget learning their lesson, but they also forget that they even committed a crime in the first place. If there isn't a clear connection between the crime and the punishment in the criminal's mind then the punishment won't be rehabilitative. If you buy a shock collar for your dog to train it to stop barking, you have to use it when your dog barks. Your dog would never learn to stop barking if you wait until later in the day when he has long forgotten about barking. I don't think that justice should run on shock collar dog-training principles either, but I think that everybody should know why they are being punished to learn from their mistakes. White Bear Justice Park is not a completely absurd concept and the technology used in it doesn't seem to unrealistic. There are also plenty of people that would be all for it and the idea of the park itself seems to have come from a victim that wanted revenge that gained support from "eye for an eye" kind of people. Our current justice system is pretty bad and it's not nearly as complicated as the one required to run a justice park. They never mention this in the show, but I'm 99% sure that these punishments are permanent which would make life like hell, especially since the punishments sound like they were inspired by the punishments that people experience in Hell. I don't think Justice can exist in a society that makes criminals roll their metaphorical boulders up hills just so that it can go back down. I really don't think Justice can exist in a world where there is no way for a criminal to learn the difference between right and wrong. I really really don't know where I'm going with this or how to wrap up a blog. Thank you for reading if you made it this far.