Is White Bear Justified?

In determining whether the punishment being placed on Victoria in the episode of white bear is serving justice, it can be quite confusing. To ensure that something is justified, we must make sure that it is fair, and morally acceptable.

When determining if it is fair, we can all say that Victoria definitely deserved some type of punishment for the horrible thing she did. Like we mentioned in class, most of us are a little more sympathetic towards her because she was first presented to us as a victim. But, when I look at how easily her fiancé vacated guilt by committing suicide, it leaves me feeling a bit sketchy. I believe that if she should be punished, she should at least from the jump know what she is being punished for. Erasing her mind makes her into a whole new person who obviously doesn’t even know she committed this crime. Making her relive this event is quite overboard. Also, I find it kind of disturbing, after thinking, for people to go and purposefully watch as entertainment. It is a bit unfair for her to repeatedly go through this method of punishment seeing as though her fiancé did not have to, even though he committed the bulk of the crime.

I do not believe, however, that her memory being erased changes the certainty of what she did. If it did change then who would be punished for the death of the little girl?  Who’s to say, that had she not been arrested and convicted, she might not have assisted in the abduction of another child.  But, when in comparison to other cases, I believe that every individual case varies and it would be extremely hard, if not impossible to pinpoint what exact punishment an individual might deserve or what is truly out of bounds.

As we watched the episode, we see that this showcase will be and ongoing thing and that the producer has no intentions on stopping this production. There are many people that have committed crimes equal to or worse than this but have not experienced what Victoria is going through. If this is the future, will there be an amusement park for every crime such as this one committed? Should we feel as though the producer is doing her a favor or that he does not feel she deserves to die an easy death? Is justice being served or is this just revenge? This brings us to a point of stooping down to another individual’s level. Where is the line drawn that, this will only make it worse? A rape for a rape. A murder for a murder. This only results in more individuals of the same behavior.