The Hooded Thug and the Unconscionable Judge

(A fictional story, that's based on chilling facts... see the end of the page for more information.)

Long, long ago in a small village in a country far, far away there lived a poor Just Man who loved Spirit and who was mindful of his neighbours’ needs. Each day he sought to help others in some way. Sometimes he gave those who didn’t have any money to buy bread the alms they needed. Sometimes he helped nurse those who were infirm. And he always had a smile and a kind word for the people he passed by in the village each day. He wasn’t rich as the world measured wealth but he was wealthy in Spirit's eyes.

One dark day, a Hooded Thug who lived in a neighbouring town who had heard of the Just Man and who was exceedingly jealous of the esteem in which he was held by the local community went to the Just Man’s village and when no one was looking, he, along with some other bullies that he’d brought with him beat the Just Man viciously, to within an inch of his life. A local lady, a Kind Neighbour of the Just Man turned into the alley as The Hooded Thug was landing his final blow and his cohorts their final barrage of kicks into the pummelled body of The Just Man. Without a hint of shame at being caught in the act – but with smiles on their faces - they left the Just Man for dead in a ditch and went back to their town rejoicing at their depraved behaviour. The Kind Lady helped the bruised and bleeding Just Man get to his feet and gently she supported him all the way back to his home. Then, with much compassion, she helped nurse him back to health over a period of several months.

As time passed, when The Just Man had regained his strength and (some said naively) believing that the law would right the wrongs that had been inflicted upon him he asked a powerful judge from the nearby town to adjudicate in his favour on the strength of the evidence of his injuries and because he had a witness (the Kind Lady) to the event.

However, the judge in question was a foolish judge who did not respect Spirit or care for the people. In fact he seemed to delight in passing sentences which were wholly inappropriate and unreasonable. Unaware of this, the poor Just Man stood hopefully before the judge expecting that, at last, justice would prevail. Yet, as he had done so many times before, The Unconscionable Judge ruled that The Hooded Thug and his bullies should be compelled to do only a half-day’s community service for their part in the affray, whereas the Just Man was charged with inciting violence against himself by offering his head as a punching bag to the cruel group of bullies and as a result he was sentenced to six months’ hard labour in prison. But unbeknown to The Hooded Thug and the Unconscionable Judge a Great Judge, Spirit, was watching the situation unfold from Heaven and the Great Judge had other plans in mind for all involved.

As the Just Man was dragged off to prison he prayed to Spirit for help because it was clear that injustice was running rampant through a system that should really exist to protect the innocent - and not the guilty. And Spirit heard his prayers. And it came to pass that The Just Man soon found favour with the prison guards because everyone knew that what had occurred was a travesty of justice. As a result his time in prison turned into an opportunity for him to help the other inmates develop faith in the power of Spirit to make events turn out for the greater good for all those that are called according to His purpose. Then, at the end of six months the Just Man was freed from prison. And as the guards and inmates bid him a fond farewell the Kind Lady was there to meet him at the gate and to accompany him back to his home.

Others would have become bitter if such events as those that had befallen The Just Man had befallen them. Not The Just Man! He was faithful and he knew that Spirit would set aright the many wrongs that were clearly taking place in the land. So, with a firm assurance in the power of Spirit The Just Man returned to his work, doing acts of kindness. This meant that he was held in even higher esteem by his community because of his continuing charitable approach to life and particularly for the way he had endured the unjust judgement of the Unconscionable Judge.

Unbeknown to the Just Man, one of the poor folk that he’d been giving alms to for years to buy bread to eat, was, in reality, a disguised angel who'd been appointed by Spirit to bless and deliver The Just Man. It was Spirit's intention that this crisis should be turned into a boon so that all those who love Spirit would witness the justice and the deliverance that Spirit sends to those who are called and faithful according to His purpose. And it came to pass that soon afterwards, when the man was at prayer in his upper room, the angel, disguised as a man knocked on the Just Man’s front door. The man got up from his prayers and opened the door to the caller with a smile. Despite the fact that he had just lost six months of income, due to his time in prison, he searched around his house and noticed that he could spare a coin to help the caller buy some bread. But as he was about to hand the money over to the caller the caller instead revealed his true nature to the man saying: ‘Lo, these many years I have been sent by Spirit to watch over you and evaluate your progress. During all of these years you considered me to be a poor beggar, someone who was in more need than you and during all of these years you have never once failed to give me some alms with which to buy bread. And even today, after the evil events that have befallen you, you still display the Love of Spirit by seeking to help me when you yourself are experiencing a time of great misfortune. Know this, righteous one, Spirit has heard of your troubles and Spirit has remembered your many kindnesses. Therefore Spirit has given me this purse full of gold coins to give to you, with which to bless you for all time’.

The man was amazed at the revelation and thrilled and humbled to be reassured personally, by an angel, in this manner, that Spirit was interested in him and his life. He thanked the angel and together they praised Spirit for His deliverance.

Over the days that became weeks, that became months that followed the Just Man used his new found wealth wisely. He started many projects which helped all of the needy people in his village and in the other towns and villages nearby. Very soon, because of his kindness he was promoted by the people to a senior position in the country and as a result he became friends with the King.

Now the King was a good and honest King. He respected Spirit and had the welfare of the people of his kingdom always foremost in his heart. As a result Spirit was with the King and He blessed all that he did. Astutely the King noticed that the people often called on the Just Man for guidance, because it was clear that he loved Spirit and was filled with the wisdom of Spirit. So, one day, the King called the Just Man to his great palace and said: ‘Your integrity is known to both Spirit and man. People of every town and village in my kingdom come to see you for guidance and advice because your judgement is known to be sound. Therefore I shall hereby today appoint you to be the Chief Judge over my entire Kingdom’. And all the people present rejoiced at the news for it truly was a great day for the cause of justice.

Now, Spirit had not forgotten the ongoing wicked behaviour of The Hooded Thug and the Unconscionable Judge. So, one day, not long afterwards, the Just Man was unexpectedly called upon to judge a case that was suddenly brought to his attention. A family from one of the nearby villages came to his home with tears in their eyes crying: ‘We beseech you, because we know that you love Spirit and treasure justice, to right a great wrong that has befallen us today’. The family explained that The Hooded Thug had raped their only daughter and that the Unconscionable Judge had ruled that their daughter should be sent to prison for a year, because at the time of the offence she was wearing a dress that revealed her ankles, which was, according to the Unconscionable Judge, clearly inciting people to rape her. The Hooded Thug however was ordered to do half a day’s community service and given 100,000 denarii, by the state, to ‘recompense’ him for the ‘ordeal of being brought before the court’. Upon hearing this sorry tale The Just Man said to the importunate people before him, ‘Have no fear, justice shall prevail. Spirit knows of your plight and it is Spirit's will that this evil situation be rectified herewith now and forever’.

Immediately the Just Man went to the King and informed the King of the situation. He also told the King that this same Hooded Thug and Unconscionable Judge had committed a similar injustice against him just a few short years before, to demonstrate the ongoing evil of their ways. And the Great King was wroth in his anger that such injustice should be prevalent in his kingdom. Sending his soldiers forth the King summoned the Unconscionable Judge and The Hooded Thug before him. In his great courtroom he thundered: ‘It has come to my awareness that you, Hooded Thug, have committed great sins and have demonstrated not an ounce of remorse for your actions, instead you have continued in your wicked ways’. The King’s face was filled with righteous indignation as he spoke while The Hooded Thug trembled at the sound his words. He sensed that his unrighteousness was about to catch up with him. And the King added: ‘And you, Unconscionable Judge, it has come to my awareness that you do not respect the letter or the spirit of our Great Laws which have been created to protect the citizens of our Great Nation. I therefore now cast judgment upon you’. And the Unconscionable Judge trembled and mighty was the tremble he trembled. Then as the evil pair fretted together the King began to pass his judgement on them both. He first commanded that The Hooded Thug be stripped of all of his wealth – which should be given immediately to the young woman who had been his latest victim (and soon afterwards the young woman found she had become a Strong Woman and she started a support group to help other victims of The Hooded Thug and in the process she discovered a power within herself that she didn’t know she had) and he decreed that The Hooded Thug should be cast immediately into prison, into hard labour, where he remained for the rest of his days amidst much weeping, anxiety and gnashing of teeth. At the passing of this judgement the Unconscionable Judge became even more greatly affrighted and nervously and with much trembling sought to present an argument in his defence as to why he should not be judged as harshly. But the King replied, ‘As you did not show any mercy to those unfortunate people who came before you pleading for justice, so now, I shall apply the same measure of judgement upon you that you applied to those poor people whom you once judged so harshly. Here is my judgement.’ And the King commanded that the Judge be stripped of his office and banished from the land for the rest of his days. And so it was that the Unconscionable Judge was doomed to travel to and fro across many lands looking for a home. But the shame of his actions always caught up with him, which meant that he remained un-trusted and alone for the rest of his days.

Then the king passed new laws which were designed to make judges more accountable. It was decreed that the work of judges should be regularly inspected, because of the importance of their responsibilities. And it was also declared that in situations where a judge has behaved unreasonably and passed judgements that are clearly unjust then any such judgements should be proscribed, by the will of the people, and if any such proscribed judge should act in a similarly inappropriate way after having once been proscribed, then, by the will of the people, he or she should be removed from office and replaced by a judge who is prepared to exercise justness and righteousness. A Grand Tribunal was even convened to seek to understand why The Hooded Thug and The Unconscionable Judge had behaved as they had. And after bringing together the wisest minds in all of the kingdom it was concluded that in relation to people like The Hooded Thug there could be no other conclusion (sad as it was to admit) that some people are just innately evil and in relation to the Unconscionable Judge it was understood that just because a person holds the office of a judge it does not necessarily mean that they have the wisdom required for the office they hold. The Grand Tribunal came to understand that sometimes, some people are promoted to the level of their incompetence and when that happens people needlessly suffer.

And it came to pass that with the establishment of the new laws and with imprisonment of The Hooded Thug and the banishment of the Unconscionable Judge the final vestiges of evil were stripped from the Kingdom and a golden age developed. The King and the Just Man governed the kingdom with respect for Spirit and care for their fellow man and as a result everyone prospered and great was the glory of this kingdom. The Kind Lady and the Strong Woman were appointed to lead The Department of Compassion and great was the work that they did together. The Golden Kingdom became known far and wide for the respect for Spirit that its people clearly evidenced ...and for their integrity and as a result the knowledge of its glory reached to the farthest ends of the earth. And the Great Judge, Spirit, who judges all smiled on the Kingdom and all was now well with the world.

(c) Kerin Webb 2006-2010.

Only in fiction?

You might wonder whether such absurd situations as that described in this 'parable' could ever be equaled by anything that could happen in the real world. Well, you now can make your own mind up. Here are some links relating to judgments that have happened in the real world since this article was written. See what you think:

Judge frees thug who kicked dying man.

Jailed for defending himself and his family from knife-wielding intruders.

Gang raped - then sentenced to lashes by Saudi judges.

Rapist gets just 2 years for raping a 10 year old girl.

Sexually abused at 6 years old - perpetrator told that what he did was 'quite mild' by UK judge.

...and more.

My opinion:

I think all UK judges should be subject to regular elections, thereby ensuring that duff judges can be thrown out of office by the public, through an electoral system.

Likewise, I think the UK police should be managed by local commisionsers who are themselves responsible to the public, so that, when, as sadly sometimes happens evidence of police brutality, racism and sloppy behaviour comes to light the commissioner, under pressure from the public can root out those reponsbile and remove them from service.

US Police beat old man.

UK Police beat stabbed man.

Police and council fail Poole residents time and time again in anti social behaviour debacle: article One, article Two, article Three, article Four.

The UK's top Policeman, Sir Dennis O'Connor reports that the UK police have failed to correctly respond to anti social behavior.

Some examples of common sense in the British legal system:

Here's a good example of a sensible judge: Judge Peter Bowers.  And Lord Justice Jackson, Lord Neuberger and Lord Judge speak out against 'Ambulance Chasing Lawyers'.

An example of an outstanding judge and excellent lawyers in the USA:

I've been watching some of the live TV coverage of the trial of Dr Conrad Murray, the physician charged with Involuntary Manslaughter in the death of King of Pop Michael Jackson and in my opinion Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor is an example of an exemplary judge.  He's fair, respectful, clear and reasonable.  Also, the prosecution lawyers representing the People, David Walgren and Deborah Brazil are outstanding in their balanced and meticulous presentation of the evidence against Dr Murray. (As I write this addendum to my article the jury are deliberating their verdict.)  And here's a link to a Wikipedia page about the movie called A Civil Action, starring John Travolta, which is based on actual events concerning a real-life lawyer called Jan Schlichtmann.  Mr Schlictmann is a man possessing strong moral values who was prepared to stand up against the 'system' in a 'David and Goliath' battle, to protect the vulnerable, at considerable cost to himself.

Dr Conrad Murray found guilty of involuntary manslaughter of Michael Jackson

7/11/2011

Further to the above, in recent minutes Dr Conrad Murray has been found guilty of the involuntary manslaughter of Michael Jackson.  I agree with the verdict.

LA County District Attorney Steve Cooley pointed out something that we should all take note of with regard to prescription medication: In 2011 the number one cause of death amongst American citizens has been adverse reactions TO PRESCRIPTION MEDICINE.  Indeed, unbeknown to most people prescription medicines have a long history of killing and injuring British and American citizens (and I'm sure the same applies to all other countries of the world).  We should all exercise caution when using and considering using prescription medicine. Medication should never be used casually or recklessly.

Prescription medication played a significant role in the death of the previous generation's 'king' of the music world.  As we all know, Elvis too died prematurely after years of addiction to prescription drugs. (Like Michael Elvis is alleged to have regularly used Demerol.)

For more information visit:

1)  CCHRINT.ORG

2) http://www.lightparty.com/Health/HealingRegeneration/html/AccidentalDeathPrescriptio.html

3) http://articles.latimes.com/2011/sep/17/local/la-me-drugs-epidemic-20110918

4) http://www.naturalnews.com/009278.html

5) http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/7950612/Five-out-of-six-new-prescription-drugs-dont-work-doctor-claims.html

6) Death by Allopathy

7) http://www.benzo.org.uk/jegshock.htm