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Originally Posted by accyman
i actually said i think there are cases where vigilantism is excusable and i think i have covered the areas where i think it is.
ie: parents of abused children seeking their own justice that should have been handed out by the law
i wouldnt think it acceptable for a lynch mob to set after a shop lifter for example
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So, who decides what's acceptable and what's not? I admit if someone had abused my daughter, I'd be waiting at the gaol gates, but does that mean the police should turn a blind eye to me? What happens if the next case is someone who has committed GBH being attacked by the victim's family? And the next case is a burglar? Where do you draw the line? Sexual offences only? And who rules where that line should be drawn?
There is a simple and obvious answer to all this. More prison places (and by prison, I mean very basic accommodation with no home comforts) and a wholesale ratching up of sentences, real life sentences for murder, 30-40 years for rapes, serious assaults etc.
Sadly, that won't happen under this or the next government.
