Bæ Grylls
Nothing says "cowardice" like people who constantly use the word "accountability" but seldom if ever hold themselves accountable or sit in the discomfort of being held accountable for things they've outright evaded accountability for.
Everyone wants to be judge, jury, and executioner but no one wants to be the defendent.
Bæ Grylls
I think I know why that is and it's something that has been staring me in the face for ages now. I admit... I previously dismissed the patently obvious for years but recently, I had to accept this uncomfortable truth.
People refuse to admit they're wrong because of how those who do or are found out get treated via the punitive measures that await them. There is no transformative or rehabilitative justice for many reasons but chief amongst them is how people don't care what happens after those measures are doled out.
Then these same people wonder why the cycle of pain continues.
Bæ Grylls
It left me to wonder: what good is punishment if it doesn't give people a chance to change? If no one is truly good or truly evil — a dichotomy that doesn't really help explain who anyone is nor the motivations behind any given uncouth or even despicable act — then why are people effectively barred from doing better or their job in reforming themselves is made harder than it needs to be?
Bæ Grylls
To me, it appears hardly anyone truly trusts the processes. They don't trust people can become better than their actions dictate and they don't believe the process will aid them in being better than they currently are.
So between the fear, distrust, resentment, the desire for vengeance, and mistaking vengeance for justice, what are we even doing?
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