Thread: Vigilanteism
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Old 07-13-2008, 07:00 AM
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Re: Vigilanteism

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Maybe some clarification is needed here. I don't in any way support the concept of people taking things like this into their own hands. Vigilante groups scare the daylights out of me, but I can see how a community, if not a whole society, could be caught up in the heat of the moment.
Right. People go crazy all of the time. Reminds me of a quote - something about people being sane by themselves, but insane in groups.

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On another level, could civil disruption against a despotic ruler, be considered as being similar to the example that I have given?
Sure. Peaceful, civil disobedience sounds like civil disruption. And civil disobedience requires that someone pursue justice. Methods are different - different basic assumptions - but similar.
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