Justice and Guilt

         I think justice doesn’t have a clear definition and that the definition varies depending on who defines it. For example, for some people justice is equality, but for me, justice is giving the people what they deserve and what they worked for. There is never ‘true justice,’ there will always something that is unjust. I didn’t know personally people who never seemed punished by their crimes, but I did know people from news or other sources like Fidel Castro. It looked like he never paid for his crimes until he died from cancer. I think it was because he was the one who ruled the country and could do whatever he wanted. Many people who did bad things don’t pay the consequences directly, like Fidel Castro, but I believe something or someone will eventually get back at them, for example, Castro wasn’t punished by people, but he did die young and I think that was his consequence. If I could get people that have committed crimes on an island, I would try to reform the ones that I know can change, but would probably punish the ones that I know will keep going with their corrupt path.  I believe most of the people who have committed heinous crimes wouldn’t be ‘reformable.’

          People feel guilty when they know they’ve done something that isn’t right and they regret it. I think personal guilt is worse for you, because you really feel it personally and you feel you have to change what you did and make it right. It depends on the type of person, I would regret doing something wrong if I was punished, but I wouldn’t feel so guilty because I would know I got what I deserved. I would feel guiltier if I got away with it because I did something wrong and didn’t do anything to change it or got what I deserved. A life being a guilt-ridden person must be one of the worst lifestyles you could choose in my opinion, I feel really guilty when I do something wrong and I always feel I either need to change it or get my punishment, which I eventually do. I believe these people will do something about their guilt, either confess, change it, wish themselves dead, or turn themselves in; I would probably choose to change it if I could, and if I couldn’t I would choose to confess or turn myself in.