(October 15, 2016 at 4:54 am)racingboo Wrote: I think what's really interesting here is that the OP resents that some people die without suffering consequences for wrongdoing. That I think is motivtion for a lot of belief in various religions: we hate that some people do bad things and get away with it, so we convince ourselves that they get what they deserve after they die.
This is one thing I appreciate about my own journey away from faith: I realised death is the fullstop at the end of the last sentence in the book, and there is no sequel. It has motivated me to do what I can to work towards justice now, in this life, but for me individuals suffering consequences for their actions is not what's most important. Instead what's important to me is that people who suffer are not going to experience relief in the afterlife, so we must strive to achieve happiness for ourselves and our fellow living beings here and now.
My reading of the OP's questions is that they have a thirst for revenge, and I believe the majority of countries' methods for handling criminals is based on exacting vengeance. I believe we should instead focus on dealing with people who have committed crimes in such a way that they return to society changed to be someone who contributes rather than takes away from others' happiness, and are equipped to achieve their own happiness NOT at the expense of others. I also believe focusing on rehabilitating offenders before releasing them from corrective facilities means that someone who can be guaranteed to reoffend is not returned into society once they've "paid the price for their crime", but instead is kept in a place where they can live a fulfilling life without the opportunity to harm others.
So I'm not responding to the poll because the questions are phrased to express the OP's anger, not to really gain new knowledge.
You got it quite wrong racing.
Justice according to karma is to level back up the positive with the negative or the other way around.
It is a fact that this universe is perfectly balanced by negative and positive or yin and yang.
Nothing really to do with revenge.
One more thing.
I also agree with rehabilitation.
Unfortunately these days is all about revenge.