At what point does a person lose his or right to be seen as and treated as a human being? Does committing a crime mean that a person should no longer be treated as a human being and deserves instead to be treated as an animal or object? In our society, it is the case that committing a crime results is the confiscation of his or her human status. Often times, criminals are abused, enslaved, and feed awful foods. Prison systems kills the person physically, mentally, emotionally, and so on. In White Bear, the woman's human pass was revoked; she was caged, tormented, and deprived of nutrient. She was paraded and treated as an object rather than a human.
Now I want to be clear that I understand that one is treated very differently when they are being punished, but am I not a person? The argument for such treatment is that people who commit crimes, such as murder are not acting as human beings but as animals or non human. To suggest such an argument is to deny that to kill is not a "human" thing; on a simple level we kill animals for sport or survival. In the Bible, people killed as a commandment or to move into new lands like in the Exodus story. Of course I am not arguing that murder, killing is wrong but to question rather committing such an act dehumanizes an individual. Is a person who kills still not a person? When the woman recorded the murder of the girl, her generic make up did not change to where she became something other than human. For some reason, in our society, it is acceptable to torment people if they commit a crime no matter how horrendous. Criminal: a person who has committed a crime; person: a human being regarded as an individuals. So if criminals are human beings why is there inhumane justice?
You bring up some very good points. You raise an interesting question about food, since the woman in White Bear is never seen eating anything. Presumably she must eat at some point, particularly if the park is going to continue for an extended period of time.
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