What is justice? What is fairness? What is a jury of your peers? And What ever happened to the notion that someone is innocent until they are proven guilty beyond reasonable doubt? What is wrong with the justice system, and why are we trying so many cases in the court of public opinion first? Why is it that our regulatory bodies wait until the natives are restless and then go find a target to prosecute whether they are guilty or not? As soon as they file the case, they send out press releases claiming they are hot on the scene doing their job.
Only one problem with that, it's not justice, it's mob rule, appeasement of the masses. The other day I was discussing this with an acquaintance, and he asked; "So, what ever happened to innocent until proven guilty?" Well, I told him "the media took over the job I guess, and they are fully enjoying the power."
Too often, at least in business I see the use of examples and prosecuting of borderline cases or even creative writing projects with enforcement personnel. This may serve an end goal to keep everyone in line, but it isn't fair to those who've been wrongly made an example of. The system is flawed, but it sure beats other nations, at least in our country, you have the perception of fairness of the law.
Okay so, that's what's going on. Is that good enough for America, considering our strong ideals and moral fiber, are we to settle for this? After all, if you are a big corporate sponsor to various politicians, you can call up a regulatory body and ask them to look into the dealings of XYZ company, your competitor. Once the case is started, well, what do they say in Washington DC - "you are innocent until you are investigated," and that's how they roll.
Shouldn't we stand for more in our great nation than petty Chicago, or NY style politics, aren't we better than this? Is it just about rounding up the usual suspects so our enforcement bodies look good? If we continually lie to ourselves and accept this as the way it is done, business as usual, then we have no business at all crying about the games on Wall Street, because in that case our government is no better, it's all a charade, a giant façade. Even Wall Street corporate executives deserve a fair shake and their day in court.
Growing up I was told that America was a great nation, which I believe it is, but the more I look behind the scenes, it seems we still have some more work to do, if we are going to boast about our greatness. This isn't good enough, I am not impressed. I am deeply concerned. Please consider all this from a philosophical standpoint about what we are supposed to be standing for.
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