While attending my daughter's law school graduation, I was struck by the speakers mentioning "justice." It was constant and there was a reason: virtue signaling.
The problem with the justice concept is it means different things to different people.
For example, many liberal folks believe reparations for descendants of slaves are just. Others say spending billions of taxpayer dollars on a historical wrong punishes innocent people who have nothing to do with the gross injustice of human bondage.
Another justice controversy revolves around the non-punishment of criminals. In cities like New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago, the victims of crime are mounting while the soft treatment of offenders is embraced by progressive DAs and judges.
Both sides believe their positions are just.
There is a simple solution to the justice dilemma and that is preventing destructive people and actions from escaping accountability. If you hurt another person or damage the marketplace, you must pay a price. Justice demands that but the punishment should fit the crime.
As for the "sins" of the past. They should not be repeated. But societal accountability is impossible without hurting innocents.
The philosophy of our country is that justice, not ideology, should be paramount. We need to get back to that.
See you this evening for the No Spin News.
