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Vigilante justice is an affront to the rule of law and is never justified. Even in heinous crime such as those committed by Weinstein.
by hfern 9y ago
Vigilante justice is an affront to the rule of law and is never justified. Even in heinous crime such as those committed by Weinstein.
- tyingq 9y agoBracing for downvotes, but surely somebody has some unflattering nude shots of Harvey somewhere. Wouldn't be terrible (well, in some ways) if those surfaced.
- jgowdy 9y agoI’m always amazed how quickly most people’s principles go right out the window the moment they’re angry. Publishing unauthorized nude photos is wrong, period. Doesn’t matter what a piece of shit he’s accused of being. He deserves prison if he’s guilty of these criminal acts. With the number of instances he would reasonably spend the rest of his natural life in prison, after being duly convicted. That’s what’s right, and that’s justice.
- maxerickson 9y agoSimple explanation is that most people don't have principles.
- interfixus 9y agoSimpler and probably better explanation: We don't all have principles neatly aligned. Your principle going out the window may be me expressing a deeply held opinion.
- maxerickson 9y agoWell, I would agree that many people treat self interest as a principle. I don't think many people have principles beyond that though. Maybe mild preferences.
- interfixus 9y agoMost people I know have fairly decent work ethics, standards how to treat other people, honesty up to a point. Not that I don't share a large part of your cynicism.
- tyingq 9y agoI'll concede you're a better person than me if you were a victim and took the more arduous high road of turning whatever evidence you had into a conviction. I would probably take the easier road, even it meant I was an unprincipled moron.
- Dance 9y agosuggesting that sexual harassment is an appropriate response to sexual harassment is completely moronic
- tyingq 9y agoIf I were a victim, I'd rather use whatever I had to retaliate without having to out myself and deal with the fallout. Perhaps not brave, but in my mind, not unreasonable.
- CalChris 9y agoYes vigilantism is an affront to the rule of law. But if the rule of law demonstrably fails then it is necessary. (It shouldn’t fail but that’s a different matter.) This is the ethical dilemma, deontology (rule of law) vs utilitarianism (best outcome). It is always easy to construct counter examples to supposedly perfect laws. Don't kill people. Sorry, I'm gonna kill Hitler. Ultimately everyone is a relativist.