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RE: What Does Justice Look Like?
I sometimes wonder if vigilantism would ever really work. Does it breed awe, or just more fear. I guess essentially, if you're a vigilante, then you're operating just as much outside of the law as the criminals are. I watched the remake of Death Wish recently, and whilst a fairly run-of-the-mill Bruce Willis remake, it still raised the question of vigilantes, and are the right or wrong quite well.
As long as we have opinions, society will always find itself divided in regard to these types of things.
There will always be vigilantes, I believe. But, yes, they are operating outside the law. The reason we have police forces and law enforcement agencies is so that the criminal element can be dealt with orderly. If everyone took matters into their own hands, we'd have anarchy.
I'm starting to question whether anarchy isn't such a bad premise. It's not always bad - just a way of thinking.