We might say
laws are meant to be broken, but being fair is more important.
A neighbour
of mine recently told me her story regarding her neighbour who moved out
because she filed a litigation against their family without even warning them
about a petty little thing. Since this country, the UK, has a
compensation-culture society, anybody could get affordable legal help even if
the legal aid cuts the government can implement any time.
But, this litigation culture can also damage personal
reputations, particularly one’s social connections and well-being. My neighbour
demand that their neighbours avoid looking indecent when sunbathing; they sunbathe
naked without minding the passers-by across the area.
Sure,
sunbathing naked is quite offensive and obscene right? I told her she could
have sent a warning or a letter to them explaining why she found it indecent.
However, she directly for a lawsuit.
A litigation
is intimidating because it pits another person to definite terms in the law
that he or she violated. Instead of appealing to their common sense, taking
them directly against the wall can be offensive or unnatural.
My neighbour
said that if she hadn’t done it, our area’s property values would have fallen.
She asked me what could have happened if a media spectacle or a Youtube video
was posted of it. I just said that it is still fair that she should have sent
and explained these things to her neighbours first.
Fairness and
ethics is important to retain in one side even if the other party does not
bother to have or to learn them. This aids the law in defending who is truly
right.
