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Conan O'Brien	Feb 11 2009, 08:51 PM
SKILLNADEN ÄR DRINKABILITY Posts: 2,781 Group: Veteran Member #16 Joined: June 8, 2005	Depends on the circumstances. If I hunted down, tied up,and executed Osama Bin Laden, no one would care. In fact, the US government would literally pay me millions. I agree that justice and the justice system's authority comes from the people, but there's a reason it's codified. We all have very diverse ideas about justice. Some people think that killing an abortionist would save hundreds of lives a year, and call that just. Some thing that if an unmarried woman is raped, you are justified in stoning her to death. Some think that being rich is a crime, and that stealing from them to help the poor is okay. But if I was driving along the road and saw a high speed chase behind me between cops and robbers, no one would say I was wrong if I forced the robbers off the road. That's because everyone is agreed that it's wrong to steal, flee arrest, etc. Vigilantism, I would say, is only right if the government has specifically criminalized an action, but is inept at regulating it or prosecuting it, and the responses is proportionate. In the above case of killing an abortionist, if the Constitution designated the moment of conception as the start of human life and abortion murder, I would argue that surprisingly it'd actually be okay. Tricky subject. All things considered, I'd say vigilantes, usually not a good idea.
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