Regarding the quality of the episode, I prefer The Purge.
There is a lot less psychological damage, with a lot more gore. The Purge also
had popcorn and drinks.
The whole episode was very disturbing to say the least.
Society discriminating against a select individual or individuals is nothing
new though. The worst part is that I can
see something similar happening around us. With Trump running as a presidential
candidate at the moment, this might be our future. Just replace trump with the
microphone dude, and then we're ready to film.
Seriously though, with conditioning, humans can adopt
anything. This new form of justice might work for them. A severe form of punishment can set an
example for the rest of the community. On the flip side, this act in particular
has pushed the boundaries too far, but that may be what they were going for.
Compare it to our incarceration system, our system is much
more gentle. There is no psychological damage as compared to the White Bear
episode. Our system is based on a time-out philosophy that kicks out
individuals for an extended period of time. There is no fixing the problem;
instead we throw out the problem. Our system is also starting to allow a softer
generation to form. The justice/punishment that this society showed was taken
too far without a doubt, but if some factors (many) were taken out, then this
punishment may appropriate. A weeklong punishment may in fact be more suitable
than a 10-20 year punishment that just wastes life away. Every life is
precious. If individuals realize their crimes, be it through drastic measures,
is it not more efficient?
For this punishment to be effective, the memory wiping
aspect would need to be removed immediately. The spectacle aspect would also
need to be removed. Both of these aspects were not for justice, but for
retribution. If these are removed, what's left is a crime-dependent punishment;
hopefully each punishment would be tailored in some form to the crime.
Overall, this punishment was way over the line, but hard
punishment is necessary. We need to amend our jail systems in some form, is
this a good idea? Probably not, but we can take examples of what not to do from
it. A more active role needs to be taken with our incarceration system,
something that makes the individual contemplate over their crimes.
I count the title as part of the 400 words.
4 comments:
If we were to try and incorporate a criminal system like "white bear" in to our system, I think the sentence would be shorter with random days of experiencing eye for an eye justice that is portrayed in the film. You can't repeatedly erase someone's memory with out some sort of long term effects. You couldn't fit the system to tailor every single offender. But maybe a concensus to implicate the "White Bear" effect for the worst criminals.
If we were to try and incorporate a criminal system like "white bear" in to our system, I think the sentence would be shorter with random days of experiencing eye for an eye justice that is portrayed in the film. You can't repeatedly erase someone's memory with out some sort of long term effects. You couldn't fit the system to tailor every single offender. But maybe a concensus to implicate the "White Bear" effect for the worst criminals.
So to be clear you're proposing a shorter sentence but harsher punishment? What then, distinguishes us as a society from the societies that used Hammurabi's Code and believed in the theory of an eye for an eye; and if you believe that is the way to go, then why did we evolve from such ideas of justice, why not remain with the same system?
So to understand your post completely, you want a shorter, but tougher sentence. If it is so, then I agree with you. I think that we could make people realize that it is not worth doing a crime if the sentence is that tough.
And this would be much more cost efficient for the different governments. But first you would have to see what the outcome would be, because if those people who gets the shorter sentences, they don't find it hard, then they'll probably commit another crime.
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