At a certain point a prosecutor, judge, and even a cop needs to fear the possibility of finding themselves in the possibility of Joe public judging them with the caliber of his choice.
While I don’t advocate the use of vigilantism when we have a perfectly good justice system… if that justice system has become a criminal cartel… is it really vigilantism?
Yes, by every definition I have seen, it IS still vigilantism. However, that doesn’t mean it would be immoral or wrong in a case, as you state, where the “justice system has become a criminal cartel”.
I don’t believe, we are at that point… yet… but it sure looks like the needle has drifted in that direction.
September 29th, 2015 at 1:08 am
At a certain point a prosecutor, judge, and even a cop needs to fear the possibility of finding themselves in the possibility of Joe public judging them with the caliber of his choice.
While I don’t advocate the use of vigilantism when we have a perfectly good justice system… if that justice system has become a criminal cartel… is it really vigilantism?
September 29th, 2015 at 2:00 pm
Justaguy,
Yes, by every definition I have seen, it IS still vigilantism. However, that doesn’t mean it would be immoral or wrong in a case, as you state, where the “justice system has become a criminal cartel”.
I don’t believe, we are at that point… yet… but it sure looks like the needle has drifted in that direction.