Comic Book Justice

Where do we get our sense of Right & Wrong...? Our parents & family of course...School, Religious Institutions...a combination I'm sure...but why do some of us embrace Rule of Law while others myself included have more of a sense of Justice. They are not one & the same.

Law - is a system of rules and guidelines, usually enforced through a set of institutions"Law should govern"

Justice - is the concept of moral rightness based on ethics, rationality, law, natural law, religion, fairness, or equity, along with the punishment of the breach of said ethics

 To help put this in perspective do you think someone like  Mohamar Qaddafi should be arrested & tried by International Law & face incarceration & rehabilitation or do you think his palace should be stormed & that he & his sons should be strung up in public?

While watching an interview of Nathan Filson (Castle, Firefly) he mentioned how he read comics as a kid & they gave him this strong sense of right & wrong...an "overdeveloped sense of justice" his world formed by "comic book justice". Being a comic book "geek" I guess I must have picked up some of that as well. My Dad was more the type who believed in justice & I have noticed that my Niece & Nephew have always been fascinated by good guys vs bad guys (I tackled this in one of my earlier blogs http://hunter-funemployment.blogspot.com/2009/10/anakin-skywalker-conundrum.html) Maybe a strong sense of justice is something hard-wired into some of us...while evil or wrong is in others. For those of you who thinks comics are for kids & geeks...you clearly never read any. They are written at the college level vs. the NY Times which is written at the Jr High level. No worries if you can't tackle the big words & literary & historical references...you'll be waiting on line this summer to watch movies based on them. Furthermore, while not a devout religious person...many of the stories in the Bible center more on Justice then rule of Law (plus is the origin of Superman anything more then a retelling of the story of Moses in the basket & how many Jesus resurrection stories are there...)  I'm not knocking the Rule of Law & it's importance in our society. It's just that laws & legal systems can be manipulated while Justice requires moral conviction. It's maybe why when W made comments like "with us or against us", Axis of Evil" &"Wanted Dead or Alive" I agreed with him & saw what he meant. It's why when I hear Eric Holder make comments about trying 9/11 Islamic Terrorists as criminals in civilian count in New York City I light on fire...