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It looks like justice, but... it is still the same agenda

Updated: Apr 21

I've just learned that English media personality Russel Brand was charged with rape. The comments section in some of his social media could basically be divided in two categories: a. "God bless your family" and b. "people in this comment section is so stupid they think just because Russel is now a Christian he became a saint". Polarization, as it has been for some years, now. Already too many years.


I don't have an opinion about Russel Brand's suit. I can't tell if a man is or not a rapist based on his facial features. That would help, by the way, but, no, not possible.


I do have something to say about the general topic, though. First, I acknowledge that yes, many women are coming forward with rape accusations on false grounds, just as a form of degrading and/or revenge towards some men. But I also am very much aware that women's rapists are always men—and this should be the real matter of our, meaning the public's, discussion.


Russel Brand's, as much as any other particular case, will be judged on a trial, by people prepared to do so and to apply, in case the sentence is positive, the "appropriate" law. This means, pragmatically, that his lawsuit is over to us, the public. Any comments are only comments on a celebrity's life, keeping us from discussing the real question of which this one is only another awful example among tons of others. The public's debate should be: what can we do to prevent men from raping women? This is the only important thing here. Even because we already know that bringing rapists to trial will have an effect much smaller than desired on women's safety. And how do we know that? Because the Roman Legal System, the way it usually is thought of and applied, is very inefficient in preventing criminals from committing crimes—the number of criminals, crimes and trials itself being sufficient proof of that.


In other words, the possibility of being caught does not stop a felon from perpetrating a felony; only lawful people respond positively to such a threat. Criminality is way more complex than this binary mechanism and this is what we should be reasoning about, using any example, celebrity or not, to reckon and find solutions. It's not only that a celebrity's life is of no importance: celebrities in our days are usually coopted to work in favor of the worst parts of the system against the real and profound thinking that would aim to make our lives truly better. They are pretty much used as mere soldiers of this "superficiliazing agenda," regardless of how much they know about their funcion in this hideous scheme.


Only in awareness can human beings create a better way of living. And the choice for awareness is here... anytime. Let's make it now!

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