heavy justice

George 2022-04-22 07:01:54

justice, justice.
jus, law.
Jus is the root of justice.
In this way, justice is a law. In fact, it is not so much a belief in law, but a belief in justice. What is just is what is in accordance with the law, and the law needs to be manifested through justice.

But "belief" itself has some inexplicable things in it. Hence the so-called "superstition". When all beliefs are attributed to superstition, then "faith" itself is subverted. The external "faith" has lost its foundation, and God has died, so what needs to be manifested is the power of man, the inner creation of man. "Faith" has been quietly transformed into "trust". Except for the things created by people themselves, there is nothing to be trusted.
As a result, justice and jus, which were once believed in, have become "law" and "rule of law" that need to be new.

Law is a man-made creation, and it needs trust to have a foundation. However, with the intervention of state power, "trust required" has gradually changed into "must be trusted", and further, "trust" has been put on the cloak of "belief". It should be noted that people's beliefs were originally based on "justice", but at this time, the law has put this layer of justice on itself. Justice is not manifested through the law, but the law is the manifestation of justice.
Therefore, when the law has nothing to do with sin, it also means that justice is blocked.

So justice suddenly becomes shackled and heavy. Just like the works of sculpture, if you only focus on the shape and not on the gods, then the unparalleled handed down products will end up being nothing but a pile of high-quality materials. But suddenly, this sculpture cannot exist without this pile of materials, because myths are no longer circulated, poetry is no longer sung, and other than this kind of solidified works, it is difficult to find other forms of expression.
When justice and law want to conflict, who is the real holder of jus, this may be the code to unlock the heavy chain, but this code is hidden in the void somewhere.

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Murder on the Orient Express quotes

  • Mary Debenham: You said of the woman in Istanbul that she knew the rules of her culture and knew what breaking them would mean. So did Cassetti.

    Hercule Poirot: [harshly] And so do you!

    Mary Debenham: When you've been denied justice... you are incomplete. It feels that God has abandoned you in a stark place. I asked God... I think we all did... what we should do, and he said do what is right. And I thought if I did, it would make me complete again.

    Hercule Poirot: [coldly] And are you?

    Mary Debenham: [long pause, then] But I did what was right.

  • Lieutenant Blanchflower: If I may speak out of turn, sir... I think it unjust that one mistake cost Lieutenant Morris so dearly. He was a good man... who was involved in an accident.

    Hercule Poirot: [turns to face him] Unjust?

    Lieutenant Blanchflower: He made an error of judgement. He was a good man.

    Hercule Poirot: It did not have to end in suicide.

    Lieutenant Blanchflower: I think he believed he had no choice.

    Hercule Poirot: A man like your friend, Lieutenant, always has choice, and it was his choice to lie that brought him into difficulty with the law.

    [He turns away]