o14; voice
Jul. 23rd, 2013 04:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
I'm doing a poll. Make sure you answer honestly.
[ There's a couple minutes of pause, and a faint tapping sound like his drumming his fingers on something. ]
How many of you judge a crime by the crime itself, rather than by person doing it?
Second question, in case any of you need a follow-up.
What does "law" mean when just anyone can decide to break it? I think that there's a point where anarchy becomes less about finding justice, more about trying to rebuild a broken society with all new rules. Old laws don't apply.
But that's only theoretical.
[ He pauses again. ]
The reality is there isn't a single person listening to me now who's got clean hands. Not a single one. Yet everyone thinks that innocence is measured by comparison. "It's okay, his are still dirtier than mine. No one should care about what I do."
What the hell is wrong?
[ There's a couple minutes of pause, and a faint tapping sound like his drumming his fingers on something. ]
How many of you judge a crime by the crime itself, rather than by person doing it?
Second question, in case any of you need a follow-up.
What does "law" mean when just anyone can decide to break it? I think that there's a point where anarchy becomes less about finding justice, more about trying to rebuild a broken society with all new rules. Old laws don't apply.
But that's only theoretical.
[ He pauses again. ]
The reality is there isn't a single person listening to me now who's got clean hands. Not a single one. Yet everyone thinks that innocence is measured by comparison. "It's okay, his are still dirtier than mine. No one should care about what I do."
What the hell is wrong?