I would never wish cancer on anyone. Yet I would also never wish genocide on anyone. Genocide Joe, true to his name, is a thug who could have stopped a genocide, but instead, allowed it to happen, allowed it to persist.
Now that Genocide Joe has been diagnosed with cancer, many people have mentioned cosmic "justice." But no, there is no justice in cancer. Justice remains a human concept, a human goal. For Genocide Joe to pay for his crimes against the human species, he would need to face trial and conviction, but our current society rewards genocide while punishing those who speak out against atrocities. For this reason, Genocide Joe will meet the worms in his grave without facing justice.
No one deserves cancer. But Genocide Joe should have paid a social cost for his cruelty. That failure is ours.
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