My Definition on Justice.

Hello,

Okay, in The Republic, it's mentioned that Justice is "To help your friends and hurt your enemies." Now, I do agree with the last bit. But, hey, maybe it's because I was raised with superhero comics and I spent most of my younger years with my nose in between pages(by the way, I LOVE the smell of book pages, so that might also be a factor), so I was raised with the belief that the wicked and the unjust should be punished, and I am also a HUGE believer in Karma. Do harm unto me and harm will come back to you, maybe not now, but it will...

But, that's nothing new. We all believe this to an extent. However, I do disagree with the first part. Don't get me wrong, I believe you should help your friends. Heck, I'd gladly give up my life for some of my closest friends. But, I believe that justice is to help EVERYONE who is in need. I know, I know, it's impossible to help everyone in the world all at once and in a single lifetime(as much as that REALLY sucks), but I am a big believer in RAKs(Random Acts of Kindness), so to me, justice is holding the door for people or beating the absolute tar out of some mugger on the street or just sticking up for someone who's being bullied.

I personally remember this one time where I had my head busted wide-open by some kid with a 2x4 because I was protecting a bunch of other kids he was threatening. This was in the fifth grade, I swear it's true. To me, THAT'S justice, even though I had NO idea who the people I was protecting were.

Now, I could be mistaken in that when it said "friends", it was probably referring to everyone who ISN'T an enemy. In that case...I'm probably just stating the obvious, huh?

---I commented on Willjustice's My Middle Name Post.