Letter to the Editor: Justice
I want to speak for a second about something that may need to be looked at a little more. I want to talk about justice. I am talking about justice in society, court, school and the church. I am talking about the justice we allow ourselves to provide for other people. Whatever we allow ourselves to do leads to the outcome and consequences that people have to be confronted with because of the actions of society as a whole.
I am not saying that the things that go on in society are everyone’s fault individually. It is everyone’s fault individually and as a whole. We always say that we should treat people how we want to be treated. This statement is true. If everyone did that, the world would be great. The world is practically in chaos because we are doing what “everybody else is doing.” We have to feel what everybody else is feeling. We want to have what everybody else has. There is no “everyone else.”
In my experiences “natural equals life” and materialistic ideas equal death. The “everyone” world is materialistic. If we can’t keep materialistic needs to a minimum, we are headed for destruction.
I have a short story to tell you before I close. It is an example of the “everyone theory.
There was a 21 year old boy who was a college student with honors. He played on the football team and was on his way to the NFL draft. He had millions of dollars in endorsements and a good job working on computers. In his free time, he hung out with his buddies in the hood where he grew up. One day he and his buddies were at a party and someone wanted to pick a fight with him, and he wasn’t going to back down: his image was on the line. He didn’t know what people would think of him. What should he do? Do both guys have a role to handle this situation in a better way?
He ended up fighting and someone got shot. Luckily he was okay. This is and example of the “ego.” His ego kept him from backing down because he had an image to protect. We need to start being men and women and setting good examples. We need mutual justice. That is the only way.
We are not “good” because we have money, because we can fight a battle and things like that. We would be “good” if we could set a good example for the kids.
Kwame Thomas
