Ignorantia Juris Non Excusat

Aliana Elyzavet B. Cervantes

We can consider law as part of our essentials in life. Not only does it serve as a guideline for us people, but also creates a value that enables an individual to create a good mindset and personality.

Laws are set of objective rules made by the higher-ups or the government to create a just and peaceful community. It goes through a process of deliberation and formal debate that confirms the validity of the context, what or how will it benefit the society and as well as its relevance.

But how ironic it is that the people we’re supposed to look up to, the leaders of our society, law makers, our own government are on the top of the list when it comes to abiding the rules?

Corruption, vote buying, you name it.

Turns out that they promote ignorance a lot more than they should of the laws.

As a citizen, it is everyone’s responsibility to be mindful enough about this constitution. It is always good to know the difference between what is right and wrong, just and unjust, and good and bad. However, we should always consider that not everyone grew at the same environment as we were. With the continuous growth of poverty, a lot of people in the world are still continuously learning, or worst, completely ignorant about almost everything, including the law. Most of which resulted either from the lack of education they’re getting, or the influence from the people surrounding them. Sometimes even both.

But the sad thing about this is that well educated people tend to manipulate their minds, and instead of educating them, they use their ignorance as a loop hole to be able to get through their heads. Feeding them lies, promising them convincing prices, even going as far as threatening lives and letting them commit crimes they weren’t aware of in the first place.

This is only one of the examples of an exception.

We should always remember that we are somehow responsible with each other’s action. Our morals can be a great impact and can highly reflect on one’s principles in life.

Given and blessed with education, we should always use our knowledge well and apply this strength as a way to stop ignorance. The law itself keeps a community balanced, its just that, the people are the only thing that makes it unstable.

Education is useless the moment you chose to be ignorant.