Blog Prompt 1: If, and only if, you did the in-class justice exercise you may write it up as a blog. Just put your argument in standard form, with your conclusion saying something about justice. Then tell your own story and explain how it connects to the argument.
- Ignorance is a factor of unfair outcomes.
- Injustice can lead to insecurities, which can limit one’s personal freedom.
- Limiting ones personal freedom leads to unfair outcomes.
Injustice can lead to insecurities, which can limit one’s personal freedom.
I purchase vip tickets for a concert. Upon arrival, I was appointed as the vip tickets included vip access for a meet and greet with the artist, however we weren’t able to meet the artists’ as promised. There also wasn’t a vip line either, another disappointment. I’m glad I arrived early and got inside swiftly. To my surprise, I wasn’t able to find my vip table. After speaking with management, they sorted things out. This are starting to look very unorganized.
I went to use the restroom and I witness an altercation at the entrance. I didn’t think much until I realized it was a friend my of mines. I see a security guard forcefully push him out of the venue. I overheard that the venue has reached max capacity and that there weren’t allowing anymore people inside. Another friend informs me that my friend that was kicked out had a vip table and that he was upset because his party couldn’t get in even though they had already prepaid for a vip table. It looks like the venue oversold their tickets.
I was leaving the concert where I happened to cross path with the same friend that just got kicked out. I noticed he was in a verbal dispute with a security guard that kicked him out earlier. I hear him asking for a refund, which was understandable. Words were exchanged, and the security guard followed him outside. I tell my friend lets just go home and figure it out tomorrow. I see the security grab his taser gun and aim it directly on my friend forehead. Before I know it, we both get pepper sprayed. Luckily I had friends in the coward. We walk off together with burning eyes. We get home and run milk through our eyes. Luckily, the milk worked and we’re fine by the morning.
Ignorance is a factor of unfair outcomes. I felt the venue and the security guards were both at fault. The host oversold tickets for the venue, which left many upset customers who already prepaid for tickets, set aside time to come and some even travel from out of town. I believe the security guard was already frustrated with my friend from the first encounter. I felt he had a power trip as when my friend came back for his refund and told the security guard to come outside. He didn’t and shouldn’t have come outside as he already know my friend was upset, so it appeared he wanted to enforce his authority. I believe I was an innocent bystander that was on the receiving end of unfair outcomes due to ignorance.
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