The Day I Learned That Silence Could Be Lawless Too
There was a moment quiet, inconspicuous that changed how I view the law not as a set of rules, but as a daily lived practice . I was sitting in a local café when I overheard a group of people mock someone who had just lost money in a digital scam. The conversation wasn’t just cruel — it was dismissive of accountability. They said things like: “They should’ve read the fine print.” “It’s their fault for falling for it.” “That’s just how the digital age works.” No one in that group paused to consider the broader implications of what they were saying. There was no empathy. No question of fairness. Not even a hint of responsibility beyond self-interest. At that moment, I realized something uncomfortable: Silence isn’t only an absence of sound it’s an absence of duty. A Legal System Isn’t Just Text and Benchmarks All too often, people think: Law is something “officials” handle. Justice happens in courtrooms. Rights are just privileges guaranteed by statutes. But what ...