• @infeeeee@lemm.ee
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    015 days ago

    This is a symptom. If police won’t do it’s job there will be some guys who will take it into their own hands. The problem is they have even less oversight than police.

    • @glorkon@lemmy.world
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      015 days ago

      Is that really the only problem you see with people taking justice into their own hands? Less oversight?

        • sunzu2
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          015 days ago

          The government mistakes people for wrong person all the time too though

          Sometimes on purpose

        • @Telorand@reddthat.com
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          015 days ago

          That’s not the only problem. They’re making content, so finding “the right person” will inevitably be less important than finding a person. Can’t fall out of the Almighty Algorithm’s favor, amirite?

          • @fishos@lemmy.world
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            015 days ago

            So … What you’re saying, it’s that there would be less oversight when it comes to choosing their targets. Almost exactly like OP said. Almost like they were speaking in broad strokes and you failed to notice any nuance.

              • @fishos@lemmy.world
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                015 days ago

                Honestly? I just don’t really like that reddit behaviour of regurgitating the previous person’s comment and passing it off as your own unique idea, that’s all.

                • @Telorand@reddthat.com
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                  015 days ago

                  I took a general comment and said something very specific. What you saw as dual meaning, I saw as one. OP did not make their intended meaning clear.

                  Maybe we can be better than Reddit and be more charitable with each other here, yeah?

      • @BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world
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        015 days ago

        Disproportionate punishment is another of course. They probably lump pedophiles (a person with a psychiatric disorder) and child molesters (a person that actually harms children) into the same group and you deserve to die for simply thinking the wrong things.

        • @Microw@lemm.ee
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          015 days ago

          They lump far more people into the same group. They attack anyone whom they think they can, even if they know that their accusations are BS.

      • @Valmond@lemmy.world
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        015 days ago

        When they go after the wrong person, yes. When they decide to both be the police, judge and executioner, yes.

        But if the judiciary system doesn’t do it’s work, what do you expect.

        • @glorkon@lemmy.world
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          15 days ago

          Even if the judiciary system in your country doesn’t do its work, people taking justice in their own hands is a fundamentally bad thing for a society. I don’t pity predators if they get what they deserve, but I pity the society that suddenly has to define boundaries - where do you draw the line? Not all cases are clear cut. Not everyone operates on the same set of morals.

          Example: Religious zealots really do believe that abortions kill children. If society doesn’t categorically forbid people to take justice into their own hands but goes “well, in this case, we can all understand”, you will have other people acting in ways they perceive as equally justifiable. And then abortion doctors get murdered.

          The users who downvoted me don’t seem to have this understanding, they would rather have revenge. If you people don’t understand that self-justice will ultimately lead to a more violent society, then go ahead, downvote me again. You’re the reason your country isn’t a more civilized place, wherever you live.

        • @Microw@lemm.ee
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          015 days ago

          I can assure you that the judiciary system in my country does work. It’s just that these people either a. just want to beat someone up and need an excuse, or b. don’t agree with our laws and think it should be prison time for a 18 year old who wants to date a 16 year old, or a 21 year old who wants to date a 17 year old.