Justice can involve mercy and fairness both. A lot of our legal code is based on just that premise - restitution for harms done that should not have been done. It is a mercy for someone who causes harm to recompense their victim for damage done, because unfettered Life is the law of the jungle and requires none of that. At the same time, this mercy is also just and fair.
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Date: 2003-07-08 10:07 am (UTC)