My opinions on the capital punishment were completely
different entering this semester. I was one for capital punishment, since we
are seeing more and more reckless and irresponsible shootings in our society
today. However, seeing what the death penalty does to the person being executed
and the people administrating the execution has changed my opinion. As of now,
I am not for the death penalty however; "White Bear" has brought a
very interesting aspect to punishments for inexcusable crimes. Seeing the end
of the movie, I thought the main character was on the protagonist but at the end,
she was for all of the wrong reasons. She is still culpable of the crime, even
if she loses her identity every day, since her actions put what is left of her
in this situation. The outside problem with the main character in this movie is
her holding the phone, watching the killing of her daughter. Her intent of
recording the killing may have not been for this, but the idea of "trying
to get the most views" is taking over society today. We see more people
focused on trying to record actions to get attention. Take school fights for
example, most people you see surrounding the fight watching it are recording
the fight to put on social media later. Then even worse, some of us watch
brawls between people on the internet and social media like its daily
entertainment. It’s a psychological norm that as more bystanders appear, less
help will come out of it. We need to realize that this is wrong and do the
morally right thing, which is to find help, primarily the police. As it
pertains to the video, depending on the kind of crime a person does, I have no
problem with this being a punishment. Using the movie as an example, reliving
the same terrifying day for what she did is appropriate. What she did was unnecessary
and the crime that she and her husband did should not go unnoticed without a
proper punishment. However, this kind of punishment should not be a life
sentence. This kind of punishment should not go any longer than a month for
extreme situations. Comparing this to the death penalty, I would say that this
punishment is more harmful to the person and is better suited for heinous
crimes. I have mixed feelings on whether her memory should have been wiped out
every day. I feel that as a bystander watching this is kind of awkward and a little creepy. Thus, I wouldn’t go to watch this, you would have to treat me
like a paid actor to participate in watching this unfold.
3 comments:
I definitely see where you are coming from with your belief on the death penalty, but the way I see it, the punishment in the movie is worse than the death penalty. I agree with you saying that there should be a time limit on it (something that is not forever); however, what have you really accomplished if you wipe the pain and memory away from someone? A parent spanks a child for wrong doing, but if the child has no recollection of the punishment, what is to keep them from doing it again the next time they see fit? I think that a better form of this punishment would be to make the person endure this once, not wipe their memory, and then make them live with the same feeling they placed in someone. That, would make them think about it more in my opinion. Also, I think that this is a lot more than creepy; this is monstrous. By saying that she was guilty for standing around and filming it (which I agree she is guilty), by standing around and filming the same thing happen to her, you are just as guilty. The applicable comparison would have to be a murderer being executed by an executioner.
I agree with the fact that technology today has created more and more bystanders and less and less people that are willing to act in the name of justice and fairness and that it needs to stop because the more bystanders there are the less active members of society there are and than society will turn into a jumble of people that actually care for their community and tons of people that just look at the world through their phones and will be numb to what is really happening in front of them.
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