Book IX: Justice
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Title: Book IX: Justice
Author: Garlan Trynthlas
The virtue of justice I have saved for last in these writings, for it is here that the truth becomes most evident.
British claims that fair justice can only be had with the 'loving search for truth'. This is an outright lie.
As already revealed, truth is not a creature of absolutes. And should seeking the truth in any situation be tainted by the emotion of love, any hope of truly fair and righteous justice will vanish. How can there be true justice and punishment for wrong-doings if the judge is corrupt? And not only does this corruption include the taking of bribes or being influenced by pressures from outside parties, but it is corruption simply from a biased viewpoint that has been swayed by emotion before the case has even been brought forth!
Such 'justice' is nothing but reckless disregard for any notion of truth. The truth, friend, is that in the world today there is no justice to be had within the courts of the laws of Britannia. Real crime goes unpunished, trials are made into a spectacle that is a mockery of order, and the scales of justice are far imbalanced and separated from the truth.
This travesty must be corrected! And so it is that I now tell you the truth of justice - that real truth in any case can be discovered at the point of the sword or lance, that real honesty is shown in one's strength and honor, that true justice is only found when the weak and corrupt do not sit in judgement of the strong and righteous. 'Fair justice' is an illusion crafted by weak men to allow themselves to seem stronger and in the right of things - the reality is that their idea of fairness is only what enriches their own interests at the expense of truth and honor.
There is no man who can follow the precepts of the virtue of honor and not be a true and just man as well. Let not any sit in judgement of you whom is less honorable and worthy, and should any one attempt to do so under the pretenses of the false idea of justice let their strength and mettle in battle shine the light of truth upon the honorable and honest man.