Reviews

1.
In my opinion, I feel that his punishment is fair and the judge’s decision is unprejudiced.

Firstly, being an NSF recruit, he should know the consequences of taking the rifle out of the camp, yet, he still chose to commit it. Yes, he came from a broken family and was abused by his parents, and he was abandoned, however, he tarnished the reputation of the Armed Forces and he abused the privilege of having the rifle. He pledged the Oath of Allegiance, yet chose to break this vow.

He should have known better than to attempt killing his ex, even though the break-up with her might have been very traumatic for him. If they had not caught him earlier, there is a possibility that he would have been charged with the murder of his ex-girlfriend, and have a death sentence or a life sentence spent in jail and many strokes of the cane. Compared to that, 9 years and 2 months in jail and 18 strokes of the cane is only a measly amount of what he might have to be charged with.

The judge has already sympathised with his background and given him a lighter sentence than 14 years for the possession of the rifle and 10 years for unlawfully having the bullets.

2.
I feel that the legalising of the sale of organs is immoral. Certainly, your organs can save someone’s life and you can earn some money in this venture, thus killing two birds with one stone, but what if people abuse this licence?

As said in the newspaper, people dupe the poor into selling their organs for a cheap price and then resell them for an inordinate sum of money. Also, people might just sell their organs not out of sympathy with the sickly but for the money! Besides, some people might even force their kin to sell their organs and take it for themselves!

With the legalizing, people would stop donating as they think that selling is better off, as they gain money. With this selling, the poor patients would be unable to afford this unreasonable sum for the organs, so who will save them? Only the rich can survive, and the poor are left to die. How callous is that? Shouldn’t we all spare a thought for them?

In my opinion, the sale of organs should not be authorised if people choose to do these things. Even if it were to be legalised, there must be very strict guidelines to be followed.

VALERIELIM :D