The fairness of justice

         People usually misunderstand the difference on meanings of justice and fairness. If we behave wrongly, it is comprehensible that it will trigger some kind of penalty as a consequence of that behavior. However, are all punishments fair and just? Do they actually have to be both? Or do they just have to make the condemned man regret its acts and behavior? 

          To set a punishment we first ought to set certain barriers. Not every penalty can be applied at every situation; I do believe that practically everyone here agrees on it. Anyway in order to help us carry on with this issue let´s introduce the scenario of the "White Bear" episode from Black Mirror. 

As far as we watch the episode and we realize about the real inner story, we can open the debate to whether if the people´s acts of the TV show are morally right or wrong. The main character lives out of memory, chased and condemned to repeat the same penalty every single day without the consciousness that it´s been repeated. On the one hand  whether it might probably look like totally just because of what she did, on the other hand we should also say that it is not fair either. Even though her acts were completely petty and she has to be punished, she is a person and she deserves to be respected because of that. Human beings have their rights and this penalty goes directly against them, as she is successively being subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment. 

         Definitely through this punishment no barriers have been set, reaching the point of the inhuman. A person it´s been treated like an object, like a circus´ animal with the only purpose of making her pay for what she did. This penalty is not looking for forgiveness nor regret but for fear and humiliation. The character is living within the "White Bear Justice Park" and repeats every single day as if it was the first one. Whereas she wakes up amnestic every morning, in the meantime, people pay their ticket to participate in the play. They are simple viewers in charge to record and to make her feel the same as the little girl did when the main character was the accomplice of the rape and murder.

       After watching this episode and a deep thought, several conclusions can be taken in real. People who criticize and condemn the acts and behavior of the main character or from any criminal or murdered in real life, but who would do exactly the same thing to them as a punish, are lowering their bars to theirs. Lousy people have to be punished by their acts but always respecting their rights. People like her are the slag of society but all those who participate in the play have proven that they are not any better. 

Eventually with every act and every response we have to look for the fairness within justice...