| Re: Vigilanteism
Consider the worst case vigilante scenario - an army of sadistic, dogmatic freaks slaughtering everything in their path because the whole world must perish before their souls can be saved. It's eternal justice you're after. They rise up at a predetermined time and take to the streets. Pilots, politicians, military personal; the group has adherents on every level. Six months later, untold numbers dead, the group is finally crushed by an international coalition to restore order in the poor country.
Vigilatneism is an arrogant and brutal occupation. First, you have to assume that you're right and everyone else is wrong, and then you must convince yourself that it's your place to use violence against another person.
I guess we could debate what is considered reasonably moral, but the mix of arrogance and brutality is generally seen as immoral, not to mention arrogance or brutality individually.
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