"White Bear" demonstrates a new method of punishment which involves as many people as possible in the humiliation of a single person. They are called justice parks, and not only do these parks strip an individual of their privacy in suffering the punishment of their crime, they also strip the person of their memory, making their punishment useless.
Punishment for a crime should be a time of rehabilitation for criminals. The ultimate goal should be to reform them into productive members of society so the society overall becomes stronger, not weaker. Justice parks do the opposite of this. Erasing the woman's memory -which they must've thought through very well because the audience doesn't even know her name from start to finish- removes any opportunity for her to reflect on her crime and become a better citizen. On top of that, publicizing her crime distracts the people from more important things like self-improvement, widespread homelessness, starvation, global warming and the like.
But let's consider this. How they punished this woman is a reflection of what happened to the little girl; they punish the lady by putting her through a series of life-threatening situations and have people record it with enthusiasm. The little girl was recorded by the woman in the same manner when she died. It's an eye for an eye tooth for tooth situation. The main flaw is, like I've said before, this woman is denied the opportunity to contemplate her role in the murder and become a useful citizen to society once again. The punishment is all in vain if she doesn't get to reform herself into the productive citizen I know she can be.
Besides, this justice park is making a huge profit from "punishing" this young lady, so why would they care if it's proper rehabilitation? Sound familiar? In all honesty, the Justice Park is no different from American prisons. Sure, the people that run the institutions genuinely believe that they are doing inmates and society a favor, but so did the actors of Justice Park. If we aren't careful, our justice systems could soon turn into a real-life "Justice Park."
Good! Yes, there does seem to be a similarity between white bear 'justice park' and the prison system in our own country.
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