I believe that if the system was better then the prior system, then it should stay. What was the old system? Jail is a revolving door. Its a business run with profit/loss ratios like any thing else. This should not be the system we have in place if its going to promote corrupt behavior and corruption is inevitable when you have monetary incentives. The pre cog system was built on the idea of abolishing murder. It wasn't conceived with the notion of profits, so that makes the pre cog system of purer intent then the former one. Naturally when your have purer intent your also going to have more effeciency.
So what if it wasn't perfect; there are many imperfect systems out there. Its a matter of weighing out the pro's and con's of the new and old; were there more innocent people put away in the older system or the newer one? Were the confines more or less pleasant overall for the prisoner? Does the new system work better then the old one? And the winner is, by unanimous decision, the pre cog system.
The only fucked up thing was the imprisonment and sedation of the precogs. That shit wasn't cool. These humans were gifted with some thing powerful. Spidermans uncle always said "with great power comes great responsibility". I dont think he would want Peter to run around saving people, and he wouldnt want agatha to give up her life/freedom in order for her murderous dreams to be projected on a big screen t.v. We cannot treat any human like a slave, no matter what there potential; it's still there decision and she didn't seem too happy floating around in that pond.
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13 years ago
Great points that I hadn't considered before. I wish you'd written more, considering the last assignment of yours that I'd read was twelve paragraphs long. I love the metaphor you used "Jail is a revolving door" because it really set up an image of what you were trying to express. Also, in the second paragraph, you set up so many interesting points that allowed me to think about the scenario. That was really cool.
ReplyDeleteAnd I agree with you about the pre-cogs and how they sedated and basically imprisoned them. It's horrible.
Good job. <3 :]