Can justice and mercy co-exist

Can justice and mercy co-exist?

think of it this way. there is a murderer, convicted to the death sentence, but is let off due to the mercy of the judge. instead, after being slapped with a fine and a few weeks in a cell, he escapes scott free, will this then, be justice, even though it is mercy.

the obvious answer is no, while there is one, there cannot be another, and the reverse argument cannot hold either. as stated above, while one is practised the other has to be forgone. simple because of the difference in the definitions. justice is going by the book of law, while mercy is steering away from what that book says and being more lenient.

but there are conditions where the two can indeed co-exist, but these situations are both rare and when it happens there is still conflict.

one way would be that the victim spares the guilty party on his/her own accord. if this is done, the victim would not see it as an act of injustice as the person spared the guilty on his own accord, thus bending the definition of justice as no one seems to be at a point of injustice as it is a totally mutual agreement between them.

another case is in fact, the degree of mercy shown in the case itself. lets go back to the case first mentioned, the murderer and the victim. of course, it would sound atrocious to to slap him with a fine and a short jail term. but what if he was given the life sentence, would things then be different. definitely.

think about it, the murderer was able to escape with his life, he should feel glad, the victim has seen the justice administered, and the convic has gotten his just deserts

the main reason for creating the character Shylock was to personify the Jews, which were a very infamous religion as the rivaled the belief of the christians, as the Jews were another larger religion, thought still smaller than the christians.

throughout the book, Shylock is portrayed as rather inhumane, with little pity and emotion. he demanded a pound of flesh from Antonio, and seemed totally void of pity when begged for mercy. also, when his daughter left home, he hoped not for his dauhgter, but the small fortune that the daughter had gone off with.

with these two forms of description, Shylock seems like a riches above kin, revenge over humane kind of person, and the further emphasis on the fact that he is a Jew makes people all the more strereotypical towards the jews

also, in the court scene, he is portrayed as some one who would rather accept punishment than repent, which goes to show how much Shylock is devoted to his religion, which was then not a very highly-respected religion.

Also, he was portrayed as the type of person who was bullied by the christians. through verbal insults and acts like spitting, there was an obvious hatred Shylock had towards the Christians, which are a sort of evidence ans wering the question of Shylocks prejudice.

thus, this puts Shylock in a better, and worse light. Now, he is someone who is not just snapping at the Christians randomly, but has his own reasons for doing so. also, he is put into an even worse light than before because he now seems like a lunatic bent on revenge.

thus, i am guessing that this was probably shakespeares point of view of the Jews at that time.

he was probably trying his best to condense the general Jew under a single character, whether to ridicule or help them

i feel that Jim Rogers is an extremely far sighted man, and he is trying to say, not only the West has potential, which is definitely true. China is definitely a rising superpower in the world. with gargantuan landmass, and the willingness to work, it is no surprise that China may eventually overtake America.

thus, will it be very useful to learn English only for future? not really. Of course it will be useful to a certain extent because you can still do business in English speaking countries, you will not even be able to touch China for development, as unless through an interpreter, you will fail greatly to communicate with almost the whole population.

thus, what is the best method to maintain happy's English roots, yet be able to venture out into new areas for economic purposes? bilingualism of course. which is essentially learning more than 1 language, but 2

by learning both English and Mandarin, they will be able to do business with both the current superpower, and the rising superpower. in a way, whichever country, be it America or China that makes it to the top, someone who can be in touch with both, benefits from both.

essentially, having a wider spectrum of languages increases the number of business opportunities and the thing is, most Americans are not realising this as America has been the best for many decades,

thus, many people do not see the need for 'when you cannot beat them, join them', and they continue to have their heads in the clouds