A person who knowingly commits a crime has broken the social contract and should not retain any civil rights or the right to benefit from his or her own labor.

Society is an organization formed by humans with some specified rules and contract to maintain peace and prosperity in the world. Any person found violating these principles is liable to punishment, but the degree of punishment depends on whether one knowingly committed the crime or was not in his proper mind set . However, if one commits a crime, has broken the social contract knowingly ,should not retain any civil rights or the right to benefit from his or her own labor.

The violation of a social contract or any civil right is declared as a crime, wherein who has committed the crime does not matter. Only thing which matters is the severity of the crime and its concomitants. Crime has no class or restrictions , let the crime be committed by an elite group or an impoverished group the consequences are the same. For example, we all remember the WATERGATE issue which created distrust, showcase treachery and self- righteousness. No one could believe that president of the U.S, Mr. Richard Nixon for his benefit would betray the people who gave him the privilege and right to serve them. He violated all the possible contracts and misused his rights to win the next election, in which he was a candidate. However, he was abdicated from his post and was eliminated from the election, once he was found guilty and corrupt. He was abolished from participating in the elections for lifetime and was diminished of all possible civil rights.

Furthermore, Crime can have many aspects to it. It can take a form of terror which is accompanied by massive destruction, loss of life and many other consequences which are against the social contract and civil rights. The attacks of 26/11 on the Taj hotel in Mumbai is an example of a crime which was executed intentionally and all presence of mind. It was a planned attack to create havoc in people’s mind and destruction. One conspirator was Ajmal kasab who broke the social contract by killing innocents and was indifferent to what he and his co- conspirators did. People like Kasab should be refrained from all the rights of benefit even from his own labor.

In conclusion, a person committing a crime must be constrained from all the rights of benefits from his or her own labor and should be refrained from all his civil rights for committing a crime intentionally. These people have no right to be called as a citizen, and must be punished harshly so that it becomes an exemplary punishment for all the persons who commit a crime.

Politicians should pursue common ground and reasonable consensus rather than elusive ideals.

Politicians should pursue common ground and reasonable consensus rather than elusive ideals..

A person who knowingly commits a crime has broken the social contract and should not retain any civil rights or the right to benefit from his or her own labor.

A person who knowingly commits a crime has broken the social contract and should not retain any civil rights or the right to benefit from his or her own labor..

The true test of the greatness of a work of art is its ability to be understood by the masses.

The true test of the greatness of a work of art is its ability to be understood by the masses..

The true test of the greatness of a work of art is its ability to be understood by the masses.

“Greatness” of a work of art though have many perceptions and aspects to it. Greatness of art is a subjective matter itself and what constitutes it depends on who you ask. For example, some might venerate Mahatma Gandhi for his non-violence and at the same time some might deify Hitler for his dictatorship. Greatness as a matter of fact is an individual aspect and is a subjective matter. However, it is true that the test of the greatness of a work of art is its ability to be understood by the masses.

 

 

To achieve greatness it might take some time , may not happen at the beginning. Few works are such, that to understand it by masses it takes time. For example Dante Alighieri who was an Italian poet whose is endured for his greatest literary work Divine Comedy, which is recognized as a masterpiece of world literature. However, when the poem was published it received castigation due to the cruel evil things mentioned in it. Indeed, although it was a controversial subject and was poorly received at the beginning, is now revered by the modern novelists. It has grown in reputation as the time pass by, as people started understanding it. In fact, the work has been so influential that many novels have been written in succession to it, incorporating many of the ideas and thoughts that were perceived by Dante.

 

Secondly, the famous painting in the world of “Mona Lisa” made by the great Leonardo Da Vinci was not received well. In the beginning, people thought it to be a painting of a female deity or so and had no clue about the creativity hidden or concealed in it. Later, after few examinations people found that it was not any mundane painting of a women, but it was an amalgamation of both men and women. The masterpiece was made with such finesse that one required knowledge and had to closely examine it to reveal, that the painting had both the qualities of men and women. Such was the quality of the painting which received it’s true height when it got recognized by the masses. And now it is one of the best paintings in the world.

 

In the light of the above discussion I would conclude that greatness of a work of art requires acceptance of the masses and the acceptance would come by the understanding. Although, sometimes greatness cannot be achieved right away however, definitely after some later period of time you will get that tag.