Karma

According to Webster online, Karma (in Hinduism and Buddhism) is defined as “the sum of a person's actions in this and previous states of existence, viewed as deciding their fate in future existences.” This definition is used worldwide as “What goes around, comes around”. Karma can be a good thing, like for instance if you donate to a charity or feed a homeless man on a corner, you may find a twenty dollar bill on the ground or get a free meal from your favorite restaurant. Karma could also be a bad thing, for example if you tease a homeless man with food or maybe break someone’s heart; you may find that your spouse cheated on you with your best friend or may have a flat in the rain. Where am I going with this? Well, in the short film we watched last week called White Bear, a lady and her fiancé were charged for torturing a little girl. Her fiancé did all the torturing, she just recorded. For her sentence, she was sent to this kind of Amusement park called White Bear Justice Park and there, she was given the same treatment as the little girl. The only difference it happened to her every day for 3 weeks. They would have her wake up, chase her around the park, which she thought was a town, humiliate her in front of a group of people, and then clear her brain with this little device of all the memories she had of that day. Now, depending on your definition of Justice and Morality how would you define this scenario? Is it just? Is it moral? Why or why not? Also, in a case such as this, would you consider this to be the Karma that she deserves?