War is a consequence of fraudulent justice. When justice is
not carried out between individuals, families, groups, peoples, and nations then war ensues and instead of persons asking for justice to be carried out, they take forcible reprisal. Take for example some small child who had his toy stollen from him by his brother. The boy, angered by this obvious outrage, immediately and sternly asks for the toy to be returned. When his brother laughs in his face and begins to tease his sibling, the deprived boy appeals to a higher authority for justice, and thus seeks recourse in a parent. If the parent fails to execute proper justice, then the despoiled boy must either retire from the field or counterattack and take his forcible reprisal. His brother however, refusing to see that he was the initiator, pretends that he is the victim of his brothers greed, seeing that his brother is trying to steal what he has already rightfully stolen. Thus a brutal argument and fight breaks out and every semblance of justice is shattered.
Although the story may seem juvenile, this pattern has been carried out countless times throughout history. The Trojan war was a consequence of the long abuse of justice between the Greek and the Persian, which finally came to a head after the said abduction of Helen by Paris and his fellow mariners that led to the destruction of the power of Priam and latter was held as cause for the Persian empire to invade the Greek inhabited Ionia.
Inadequate justice and war is not only a juvenile experience or in antiquated one, but it also seems to be a fundamental component in the modern experience, seeing how America has been founded on the basis of injustice, and that America continues to evolve as a state because of various miscarriages of justice. In the colonial beginnings, most of the colonists emigrated because it came down to vacating or fighting, for the justice was that bad. America continued to grow into a political power worth the control and regulation of the British, how began to impose unjust trade laws and taxes. America did not go bloodthirsty into revolution, but one injustice led to another and war became impossible to avoid.
The Civil War is another such example, for a long train of injustices led up to it, the first being that initial importation of slaves to James Town in 1619 which led to a schism between the northern colonies and the southern when the constitution was being drafted and all man kind was thought to be free. This schism between north and south led to aggressive legislation against the south, and eventually the southern succession which led to the North's lack of compliance to southern sovereignty which led to the civil war.
The Middle East and the frequent causes of their internal strifes and their relations with America and other supper powers has also been caused by a long abuse of justice dating as long ago as the crusades; Although the tumult in modern times has been more a result of Colonialism and WWII than general history. Before WWII, the middle east was colonized by European powers, meaning that when WWII came around, much of the Middle East saw that being pro-axis may result in their independence, thus sparking many other injustices that winds throughout history resulting in 9/11 and other unfortunate reprisals and counter attacks.
Injustice is, and has been with us all along and it shows no signs of being vindicated unless we as individuals can learn to be just with ourselves and each other. As in the story of the young boys, we need to be just to each other and leave each other's things alone. When we happen to be in the wrong, we need to take our punches willingly and give such reparations as we can. When justice cannot be satisfied between individuals, then a higher authority must do justice. When the higher authority is in the wrong, than it's the right of the citizens to do justice over their authority. When justice is satisfied then peace, good will, happiness, and wealth are free to work their blessings.
Although the story may seem juvenile, this pattern has been carried out countless times throughout history. The Trojan war was a consequence of the long abuse of justice between the Greek and the Persian, which finally came to a head after the said abduction of Helen by Paris and his fellow mariners that led to the destruction of the power of Priam and latter was held as cause for the Persian empire to invade the Greek inhabited Ionia.
Inadequate justice and war is not only a juvenile experience or in antiquated one, but it also seems to be a fundamental component in the modern experience, seeing how America has been founded on the basis of injustice, and that America continues to evolve as a state because of various miscarriages of justice. In the colonial beginnings, most of the colonists emigrated because it came down to vacating or fighting, for the justice was that bad. America continued to grow into a political power worth the control and regulation of the British, how began to impose unjust trade laws and taxes. America did not go bloodthirsty into revolution, but one injustice led to another and war became impossible to avoid.
The Civil War is another such example, for a long train of injustices led up to it, the first being that initial importation of slaves to James Town in 1619 which led to a schism between the northern colonies and the southern when the constitution was being drafted and all man kind was thought to be free. This schism between north and south led to aggressive legislation against the south, and eventually the southern succession which led to the North's lack of compliance to southern sovereignty which led to the civil war.
The Middle East and the frequent causes of their internal strifes and their relations with America and other supper powers has also been caused by a long abuse of justice dating as long ago as the crusades; Although the tumult in modern times has been more a result of Colonialism and WWII than general history. Before WWII, the middle east was colonized by European powers, meaning that when WWII came around, much of the Middle East saw that being pro-axis may result in their independence, thus sparking many other injustices that winds throughout history resulting in 9/11 and other unfortunate reprisals and counter attacks.
Injustice is, and has been with us all along and it shows no signs of being vindicated unless we as individuals can learn to be just with ourselves and each other. As in the story of the young boys, we need to be just to each other and leave each other's things alone. When we happen to be in the wrong, we need to take our punches willingly and give such reparations as we can. When justice cannot be satisfied between individuals, then a higher authority must do justice. When the higher authority is in the wrong, than it's the right of the citizens to do justice over their authority. When justice is satisfied then peace, good will, happiness, and wealth are free to work their blessings.
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