I was having a discussion with a friend the other day about Jungle justice and he tried to explain to me that some of these people are killers themselves so they deserve to die. He cited a particular case where there have been incessant robberies in an area and that the robbers sometimes kill people. So on this particular day, two of these robbers were caught and burnt to death and he ended it with, "they have killed so they deserve to die."
I tried to make him see reasons that it is not up to the people to decide who dies, it is a matter for the courts but he was adamant and believes that jungle justice is right.
This young man represents a whole lot of nigerian youth and their point of view as regards the subject matter. It is a notion that I believe should be changed. It is enough to make a citizens arrest and then hand over to law enforcement but deciding the fate of the criminal (or any other human for that matter) is just taking it too far.
This kinda brings to mind the issue of abortion that have been making rounds in the news. The question is if it should be banned or not. This debate about abortion shouldn't even take place in the first place if we are really empathetic as humans.I strongly feel there should be an outright ban as we shouldn't be the decider of the fate of a foetus. Why kill and claim to be prochoice? You have no right to take another life even yours.
Whether One week or 32weeks old, all human life is sacred and important. Forget religion for a second and try to imagine what it would take to put together a human being if we were to be assembled somewhere bearing in mind what it takes to create a robot. I am pro-life, have been and would always be. Call me too conversative all you want but I think a lot of "social madness" hides under the guise of a liberal world.
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