Comments on: Silent March for Justice http://growmercy.org/2008/04/14/silent-march-for-justice/ Mercifully gumming up the scapegoating mechanism Sat, 19 May 2012 14:12:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Lucy http://growmercy.org/2008/04/14/silent-march-for-justice/comment-page-1/#comment-22727 Lucy Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:14:20 +0000 http://growmercy.org/2008/04/14/silent-march-for-justice/#comment-22727 Well written! Do we possibly need to define justice and mercy so that we are speaking about the same things? I like the story of the Edmonton judge who entered into the native community to work with them on a more communal model of healing for both the 'victim' and the perpetrator. Somehow that story brought together both mercy and justice in a way that was healing for all. Maybe instead of tougher penallties we should look at thinking in a new way. Well written!

Do we possibly need to define justice and mercy so that we are speaking about the same things?

I like the story of the Edmonton judge who entered into the native community to work with them on a more communal model of healing for both the ‘victim’ and the perpetrator. Somehow that story brought together both mercy and justice in a way that was healing for all.

Maybe instead of tougher penallties we should look at thinking in a new way.

]]> By: Connie http://growmercy.org/2008/04/14/silent-march-for-justice/comment-page-1/#comment-22719 Connie Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:00:33 +0000 http://growmercy.org/2008/04/14/silent-march-for-justice/#comment-22719 You nailed it again, thank you, and good for you, being there at the rally. Though you know we don’t agree as to why (or to what degree) we’ve made progress on our understanding that perpetrators have generally also been victims themselves, we do agree on the truth that justice can’t possibly be served if we look no further than the surface. And in my darker, less optimistic moments (which I have few of ha, ha), I fear that justice and mercy are mutually exclusive, impossible dreams…justice for one means little mercy for the other; mercy for one means little justice for the other. In those darker moments, I fear that the kiss between mercy and justice you spoke of is an unattainable dream. You nailed it again, thank you, and good for you, being there at the rally. Though you know we don’t agree as to why (or to what degree) we’ve made progress on our understanding that perpetrators have generally also been victims themselves, we do agree on the truth that justice can’t possibly be served if we look no further than the surface. And in my darker, less optimistic moments (which I have few of ha, ha), I fear that justice and mercy are mutually exclusive, impossible dreams…justice for one means little mercy for the other; mercy for one means little justice for the other. In those darker moments, I fear that the kiss between mercy and justice you spoke of is an unattainable dream.

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