Let Justice Be Done, Though Heavens May Fall

It is in our nature to look forward to preserving our integrity by creating laws to maintain order in our society. These laws which consist of guidelines and punishments, keep our society in order for centuries. However, if those very laws dissuade our interests, things go nuts.

Take for example, the death penalty. During the Marcos regime, there were minimal incidents of crime at that time. Criminals would hesitate to be on the prowl for the fear of getting killed. But many individuals did not like that idea. They thought that killing the criminals was inhumane and should not be allowed in a Christian country of dignity and honor.After Marcos was banished, death penalty was slowly discarded until it was no more.

But if you look closely, you would notice that those politicians who voted against death penalty had one thing in common; they were corrupt, and they used their power to protect themselves from being killed by the same law they ought to let stand. If you know you are doing illegal things, like stealing the people’s money, you wouldn’t allow such law to stay untouched. Furthermore, those corrupt people are revered by many as good people of dignity, simply because they disapprove the punishment of death for people who caused more deaths than their own.

Many humanitarian causes joined the fight against death penalty saying it “violates human rights”, which still confuses most citizens as to what kind of right; right to live? Or right to harm a person? Moreover, these groups are highly supported by the religious sector that holds dominance over the public opinion based on theological ethics. Hypocrite as they might seem, they who disagree with death punishment, but caused more deaths themselves by allowing those crimes and injustices to seemingly be unnoticed.

Many people see death penalty as a curse to this land; that while we are busy defending life, we are also aggressively destroying it. But the same people fail to understand that by taking one life, we are also saving several others who could have been perished because of those criminals. They made their choice, now let justice choose whether they live or die.

Death penalty is a mechanism similar to killing mosquitoes that could potentially carry such deadly diseases like dengue. Criminals are the mosquitoes, and their crimes are the dengue virus. They need to be eradicated before they can cause more damage to more people.Punishment by death never became immoral. In fact, even the Bible and the Koran imply death as the only true punishment to any sin committed against God. “…and they shall be put to death.” Death penalty does not kill for punishment alone; it also kills to threaten those who plan to harm our society’s order and peace.

Crime is not inevitable, it is a choice. Criminals chose to do treacherous things based on reasons that are subsequently the result of laziness and lack of motivation in life, reasons that no one should be blamed for but their own selves. Open your perception to the reality that you need not worry about death penalty, unless you are one of those who disobey the rule of law. After all, the majority only seeks for justice, peace, and order. Now that’s something worth killing for.