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Do we live in a vengeance society? One where laws are less important that satisfying society's bloodlust?
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March 1st, 2015
A couple of very recent examples raise this issue to me:
- the Canadian judge who wouldn’t let the hijab-wearing woman testify
- the Massachusetts high school girl who supposedly goaded her male friend to commit suicide last year
In both cases, much of the media (and, sadly, many Fluther residents) leapt to condemnation of the protagonists – “fire them” Incarcerate them” “force them to counseling” “force them to reparations” and so on….
Does Modern American society have some sort of ‘blood lust’ or ‘vengeance lust’ or ‘punishment lust’? It seems that ‘people’, writ large, are eager to punish first, and ask questions later. This can’t be a good thing.
No doubt, this isn’t limited to just the past week – there are any number of examples of “vengeance lust” dating back 100+ years.
Is this a sign of a healthy society?
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