American criminals have the lovely privilege of plummeting down the bottomless pit of justice laws and criminal rights that promise them a fair trial. Sometimes after falling so far, those criminals will be let off the hook and left to live normal lives regardless of past actions.
I'm not hating on the American justice system although I am not a huge advocate for it either but somewhere down the road there is a point when you want to skip all the legal mumbo jumbo and just beat the crap out of the guy that did you injustice.
Or at least I've thought that...
American law firms and citizens alike would probably agree that that method of justice is wrong. But is it wrong or merely different?
My first day in Port Moresby, the capital city of Papua New Guinea (and one the worst cities in the world), gave me a healthy dose of how Papua New Guineans deal with the common crime.
Walking down the busy street amidst street vendors, beggars, and pedestrians, I encountered some trouble. A man walking toward me threw a glass bottle at a car that had just passed in front of me shattering as it met the side of the vehicle; glass bounced off my legs. I stood still, not entirely sure what just happened or who that bottle was intended for.
I looked around and noticed that every person in that market place (about 300+) was looking toward me and this guy. One man from across the street pointed at the bottle thrower and yelled, "HEY! HEY!"
This was a battle cry that caused an entire mob to chase the bottle thrower and take him down. They beat the crap out of him. I couldn't help but watch.
Public justice. Wrong or just different?
I wonder if he still throws bottles...
Your friendly neighborhood giant,
~Alan
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