Lady Justice is often depicted wearing a blindfold. The blindfold represents objectivity, in that justice is (or should be) meted out objectively, without fear or favor, regardless of identity, money, power, or weakness; blind justice and blind impartiality. The notion of justice still remains self-contradicting as it ever has since ancient times.Monday, January 3, 2011
Justice
Lady Justice is often depicted wearing a blindfold. The blindfold represents objectivity, in that justice is (or should be) meted out objectively, without fear or favor, regardless of identity, money, power, or weakness; blind justice and blind impartiality. The notion of justice still remains self-contradicting as it ever has since ancient times.
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To quote NYHC legends Agnostic Front:
ReplyDelete'there is no justice!
just us!'
I feel is somehow appropriate...