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Originally Posted by Angushjalmur
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Why have any penalty for instances of vigilantism that are justified though?
Someone kills a member of your family, kill a member of theirs ect.
There's nothing to penalize there
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This is absurd. Let's say your cousin kills my brother. In retaliation, I choose you as my fair target for death. Would you die willingly? Would you defend youself? Should you kill me as I am trying to kill you does my family now get to kill two of your family indescriminantly? When does this cycle stop? This is why vigilantism is discouraged and punished. There is no way to determine equitable justice for any party outside of mediation. That is the roll the law plays. The rule of law makes civilized society possible. Meating out justice based on revenge will quickly devolve into anarchy. This is one of the ideals that keeps some third world countries from progressing to become a modern society. It's a backwards and regressive concept that best left to the history books.