Friday, September 19, 2008

tHe laW of laWLesSNeSs

isn't it high time we think of why we follow rules?i'ev often been peeved by the chronology of any law.did the law happen first;or was it the breaking of the law?if it is the law that happened first,why make a law if nothing had gone wrong to make way for a possibility to do the wrong(coz all rules have been broken).and if it is the breaking of the law that happened first,how come it be lawlessness when there s no law in the first place?the effectiveness of law to ensure common good is a paradox in itself.
take it this way:isn't a new law alerting the otherwise blissfully ignorant of a new way to disrupt peace around.laws have in no way has done anything good to social sense of security.in pre-industrialized england,the execution by hanging was accompanied by the general trend of dangling the body from the post for sometime,most commonly a week as to avert whoever sees this from doing wrong.but then,come industrialization and the authorities had to ensure 3 to 4 set of executors to handle the huge noose traffic.
laws to a great extent remain a mere relief measure than a disaster mitigation.but the ever so mechanical law machinery is all spot on in ensuring that that law is swift,just and impartial and that one is implicated rightly for ones crimes.what good will the hanging of the murderer will do to the murdered when he is dead in the first place?a dead man is hardly aware of the wreaths which decorates him.why do we spend so much time and effort on law & order when the core issue is far from the lack of law.
every act of lawlessness irrespective of how trivial it is has a story to tell.a story which dates back to the time when a soul was born in this earth.it has a story of subdued imagination,of abused fantasies,of the strangles of the strong hands of the more affluent ones towards the deprived,of rightful victories denied and of just measures delayed.and yet we spend so much on law enforcements.
the biggest problem our judicial system faces is pendency. and the easiest way to overcome this is to make sure that lesser cases reaches the bench.the best way would be to ensure the non-redundancy of the once lawless situation.ensure an environment where there is lesser chance of occurrence of a potential social upheaval.the solution is very simple:make sure whatever might lead to a state of lawlessness is avoided.and investing our efforts on the ever so burdened judiciary is not exactly the brightest way to do it.it might be the reason why the trend persists and aggravates despite increased efforts.

5 comments:

susan harris said...

I never knew you think!!!

Either the font is too big, or too dark, or too small. *sigh*

"of subdued imagination,of abused fantasies,of the strangles of the strong hands of the more affluent ones towards the deprived,of rightful victories denied and of just measures delayed." A little mushy compared to the serious tone of the rest of the article.

very keen, astute and the spelling keeps getting better :D

susan harris said...

could you change the display pic please? It is awful!!

susan harris said...

make sure whatever might lead to a state of lawlessness is avoided.


how do you make sure, manicured - maniac?

Ken John Koshy said...

u had a blog...i never new :D
sexy pic btw
remove the word verification for the comment

One Bizarre Scribe said...

word verification, and, a bigger font might be appreciated. as for laws, you should really see American Psycho. you want a return to the days of might is right?