Is vigilantism wrong?????????

Question

SICK OF BAD ONES GETTING AWAY!!! ARE YOU?

Answer 1

It's illegal,but that doesn't make it immoral.Every community has the moral right to defend itself.If the law can't,or won't, do it,then it's down to ourselves.It's remarkable how even the most un-educated criminal always knows his legal rights,but no mention is made of the rights of law-abiding people to live without fear.We get too much law & not enough justice.To sum up:If it's a last resort,then it's not wrong.

Answer 2

yes its wrong..... the IDEA on the surface it brilliant, as in punishing the criminals in the best hardest possible way... however, if vigilantism was made OK by law.... just think how these A S S H O L E S who are breaking the law, use that to comitt more violent type gang violence against others, making the whole situation worse..... as i said... a good idea on the surface, but not when you look at it.... REMEMBER even the criminals take good clever lawyers into court with them.. if vigilantism was OK, their lawyers would make sure even more of the A S S H O L E S walked free........? ? ?

Answer 3

Personally I disagree with it, the police are there for a reason, and people like us should not endanger themselves and others by taking the law into their own hands.

Having said that though, if anyone ever hurt any of my family, they had better watch out......!!

So I guess the bottom line is, NO I do not agree with vigilantism, but YES I would be prepared to take the law into my own hands if needs be, to a certain point.

Answer 4

Definitely. Vigilantism is only another word for mob rule. Those that support it, are electing themselves leaders of the mobs. Mobs have killed a lot more innocent people than criminals.

We live in a sick society. Sick societies create sick people. Somehow I think we need to deal with that issue if we are to curb crime. In the meantime, keep real criminals off the streets with tough sentences for tough crimes, while trying to build a more hate less society.

Answer 5

Although some parents have been forced to 'retire' their kids abusers (think Ellie Nestler), some vigilantes do skip the part about finding out the facts first . . . they function off of gossip and hang someone, sometimes innocent persons.

Answer 6

Can you recognize the guilty by sight? Better than can be found in a court of law, where all evidence is brought to light and where rules govern the discourse?

If you are accused of a crime, would like the benefit of your right to a trial by a jury of your peers, in a court of law where you have a chance to defend yourself? Or would you like your last sight to be the muzzle flash of a gun, or the last sound you hear to be the pop of a handgun, or your last sensation the plunging of a blade in your back in a dark alley?

Your rights are the rights of all. Where there are exceptions, there is no Law.

Answer 7

I'm all for it!

I am so sick of hearing about slick lawyers getting obviously-guilty clients off the hook. It used to be if you did someone wrong, you had to worry more about them than the law.

Rape someone's daughter/wife/mother? A man who loved that woman would hunt you down and kill you. Steal from someone? You'd get your butt kicked. Steal a lot from someone? They'd just find you mysteriously hanging from a tree somewhere.

There were less criminals then because the fear of death is a huge deterrent to crime regardless of what the bleeding hearts say.

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Answer 8

Depends on the situation and one's own moral compass. Beating a guy for stealing a loaf of bread to feed his family is wrong. Beheading a child molesting scumbag should get you an award. Shooting a wife-beater in the face is wrong; breaking his legs is a better course of action. See...depends on many factors.

Answer 9

It is wrong on one hand but sometimes it seems in some circumstances it's the only thing to do to get anything done...or maybe Ive seen too many movies...but it sure seems like the victims of crime get treated worse than the offenders..they have more rights these days than the poor innocent victims....

Answer 10

And.................When you find out, way down the line, as happens all too often (sometimes years after the event) that the person you took your "justifiable" rage out on was, after all, innocent??? What then??? Do you apologise, and hope he's in a fit state to accept your apology? Do you offer yourself up to his family and friends for their just retribution? Do you explain to his kids that you murdered their father because you thought, at the time, he was a murderer? What do you do with your guilt? Do you cry? Might it not be better to leave things to the (admittedly) imperfect system we have?