Law: Freedom trap?
Heard over the weekend, a public forum, in the ambience of a multi-storey departmental, the epitome of the success of capitalism, of a topic highlighting things that mattered to the lowly common folks of the country- the law and whether it was the best thing available for the common man on the street. The forum forms part of the series of BFM Night School's outdoor activity, bringing intellectual and philosophical discussions to the masses.
With the advent and selective use of law by leaders, of late, to subdue their political opponents and even curb the supposed freedom of his subjects, this topic appears more relevant than ever, today. Whenever common sense fail to rule, the long arm of the law is conveniently invoked to scare the living daylights of its victim (lay people). The law sometimes seem not accessible to the common man as compared to people in power. Law seem to take more time than the process of governing the country. Even though avenues are available for fair representation and trial, the process appears to be going at snail's pace. At the end of the day, it looks like there is no justice in courts.
In the beginning of time, citizens agreed that things need to be done in a certain manner. He sacrificed a part of his freedom and traded it in for peace on earth. That was acceptable as law. Human beings, being left to his instincts would do whatever he feels, sometimes at a primal level. So, people have bargained with the state to let go a bit of their 'freedom' to be ruled (trapped). All in the name of peace and order so that all beings can like happily, each getting their place in the sun.
Looking at things now, rather than law helping to set order, it seems that the law is used to cause disorder.
Human rights denotes what a human being can rightfully do. It does not make sense that a law has to be meted to say what a human can do or rather teaching a human how to live. As if human beings never lived before 1948. Maybe there is something wrong in the mindset of human being himself if he does not know how a human should live.
Heard over the weekend, a public forum, in the ambience of a multi-storey departmental, the epitome of the success of capitalism, of a topic highlighting things that mattered to the lowly common folks of the country- the law and whether it was the best thing available for the common man on the street. The forum forms part of the series of BFM Night School's outdoor activity, bringing intellectual and philosophical discussions to the masses.With the advent and selective use of law by leaders, of late, to subdue their political opponents and even curb the supposed freedom of his subjects, this topic appears more relevant than ever, today. Whenever common sense fail to rule, the long arm of the law is conveniently invoked to scare the living daylights of its victim (lay people). The law sometimes seem not accessible to the common man as compared to people in power. Law seem to take more time than the process of governing the country. Even though avenues are available for fair representation and trial, the process appears to be going at snail's pace. At the end of the day, it looks like there is no justice in courts.
In the beginning of time, citizens agreed that things need to be done in a certain manner. He sacrificed a part of his freedom and traded it in for peace on earth. That was acceptable as law. Human beings, being left to his instincts would do whatever he feels, sometimes at a primal level. So, people have bargained with the state to let go a bit of their 'freedom' to be ruled (trapped). All in the name of peace and order so that all beings can like happily, each getting their place in the sun.
Looking at things now, rather than law helping to set order, it seems that the law is used to cause disorder.
Human rights denotes what a human being can rightfully do. It does not make sense that a law has to be meted to say what a human can do or rather teaching a human how to live. As if human beings never lived before 1948. Maybe there is something wrong in the mindset of human being himself if he does not know how a human should live.
Take for example, a primitive society in the fringe of modern city may be quite contented with their local law which may appear so-stone aged to an average modern man. Capital punishment and amputations may have been accepted as a just punishment to be meted. Can we say that that society in their own laws?
At the end of the day, man makes law to put things in order but some how feels trapped when the law he creates is used to trap into submission to satisfy certain higher orders.
At the end of the day, man makes law to put things in order but some how feels trapped when the law he creates is used to trap into submission to satisfy certain higher orders.
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