You stole a pen from a shop. You didn't need to. But you still did it for the teenage rebellious streak in you. Shoplifting is a crime. So you ought to be punished. But you were never caught in the act, until now. 20 years later, a random footage of the store surfaces to indict you. What do you say in your defence? That you are a changed person now and shouldn't be either judged or punished something so far back in the past? Or acknowledge a wrong and accept the punishment which comes your way? Recent example of Mr Ollie Robinson's racist and misogynicstic tweets, from a decade back surfaced on arguably the best day of his life, debuting for the English men's national Cricket team. He apologised. He's now suspended and his future is undecided. Waiting 15 years to break in to the national squad and you find yourself in a hot soup. So what does he do? What do we do as a society? Forgive and forget? Condone and get a move on ? What if the same method were to be applied for a bigger crime? Would the same logic hold true? I guess not. The fundamental question is, do we judge our past with present predicament? Or do we let past be where it is ? Will it do justice to those who have been wronged? Will they suffer in eternity knowing that the perpetrator is leading a normal life while theirs stands ruined? How will they ever heal if no lessons are taught to the guilty party? Yet, if this logic is applied universally, then there wouldn't be enough courts to punish 7 billion people. Each one of us , has at some point in time done some mistake. That is what it is a mistake. Some have paid a price for it instantaneously and for some it's taken years. For some, they paid a price much bigger than the crime and for some, they got away with despite the enormity of it. If life isn't perfect, can justice be fair? In this delicate conversation GBX explores questions around how society defines crime and punishment and the dichotomy of it all. Should judge history with a lens of modern day sensibilities? Or should history be just a learning exercise to have tighter laws in the future? We explore both sides of the story and dive in to the deeper spaces of mind. #philosphy #society #crime #punishment #sports #cricket #movies #biases
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