What do you feel like saying, right now?

[Phrozen Sands]

Originally Posted by Zach

I’m reading that Sean Combs got more than four years in prison. I laughed at the judge’s comment as if he’s saying the right thing. When a judge says he’s sending a message to abusers and victims alike, that’s just symbolic language. It sounds powerful, but it usually just means the court wants good optics. The reality is, the justice system doesn’t operate by moral consistency, it operates by visibility and pressure. Combs got sentenced because there was video, outrage, and headlines. But we’ve seen people with equal or greater power, like politicians and executives dodge real accountability completely.

And that’s the part people forget. Courts react more to public demand than to moral principle. The law is supposed to be blind, but in practice, it’s more aware of fame, wealth, and race than some people are too naive to see.

He thought he was going to get probation so he started planning other events, according to what I read LOL. You’re right though, Zach.

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

I didn’t keep up with him. I just know he’s pure evil. But whatever this system is that we call “justice,” it’s not. I don’t know what it is, but I know it’s not that. I totally agree with you.

Humans will make up words, titles, and definitions to sound evolved, but most of it never matches the behavior behind them. We use language to pretend we’re more advanced than we really are. We make up fancy moral terms (“justice,” “freedom,” “ethics”), but we rarely live by them. We assign titles like “Doctor,” “Judge,” “President,” or “Leader”, but the people holding those titles often behave in ways that contradict the meaning behind them. In short, humans name things to look evolved, but human behavior shows otherwise.

And then most leaders aren’t motivated by service, but by power and self importance. People love hierarchy and authority, and it’s not because it helps the group, but because it lets someone feel superior.

The same system that most call “justice” got us a pedophile, thief, murderer, rapist, and a thug as a president.

That said, our justice system is full of shit.

And don’t even get me started on human behavior. I mean, we’re supposed to be the most intelligent species on Earth, yet most of us don’t even see each other as the same one. But we’re intelligent? lol. And somehow, things keep getting worse instead of better. How? You’d think “intelligence” would fix that, but not with humans. It’s very sad.

Legally, what you’re saying about Trump being a pedophile is an opinionated claim, CG, not a proven composite fact. It works rhetorically, but a lawyer would flag it as hyperbole. And who did he kill? I’m not defending him because I hate the dude as much as you do. I’m just talking about what you’re saying from a legal standpoint.