You really don't want to go down the path of vigilantism. We did that
here during the Jim Crow Era and a lot of innocent people were lynched.
Charlie
On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 11:32 AM, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > My previous post spoke of the realities of war. This thread has now
> become one dealing with the morality of war. Let me stir the OT pot a bit
> by saying there are those who say what we are talking about is state
> sanctioned murder. In that realm, are not war, capital punishment and
> abortion moral equivalents? Is each of these not a state sanctioned
> murder? Bill Barber
>
>
> Oooo. What a way to stir the pot! I'm going to add another twist to this.
>
> Let's say, for argument sake, your teenage daughter is assaulted (no
> further details necessary). The assailant is known. Do you, as the
> father, exact justice or let the government do it for you? And what if
> the government chooses to not do anything for whatever reason? The
> problem here is that the state sanctioned "justice" is not doing its
> job. In our "civilized society" we have handed off justice (and in
> effect violence) to a state sanctioned institution. (Unfortunately,
> state sanctioned justice usually doesn't involve the cutting off of a
> person's weewee).
>
> AG
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