Tiger
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A vigilante is a person who ignores due process of law and enacts their own form of justice in response to a perception of insufficient response by the authorities.
Vigilanties are frowned upon in society, I think vigilanties should be praised for secret heroism.
Do you think Vigilanties are good or bad in society?
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Steve X16XE
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Good.... think about Superman or Spiderman. What about the Power Rangers to name only a few.
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Russ
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depends on situation, an act of heroism is often a poorly thought out act of heroism, aka stupidity
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quote:
Originally posted by Steve X16XE
Good.... think about Superman or Spiderman. What about the Power Rangers to name only a few.
spiderman.. he wanted to kill the Sandman, the sandman just wanted to help save his daughter, who is the real monster
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J da Silva
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It's good in the right circumstance, I helped prevent an old woman get mugged once and I felt a sense of duty towards getting her home safely, however I once stumbled upon a lad getting kicked in by 3 lads and wondered what the kid did to deserve such a hiding, I ignored it and walked the other direction, later to find out he'd tried to sexually assault one of the lads sister. It's hard to know what to do at the time.
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Superman isn't a vigilante either
He doesn't go out of his way to injure or hurt people, he doesn't take the law into his own hands. Usually its saving people from disasters etc.
Batman is a vigilante, and in the Dark Knight he finally realises it and realises to be who he is he has to be on the darker side
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Are we talking about intervention here or revenge?
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ed
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Bad, imagine what a real vigilante is. Some cunt who reads The Daily Mail going around thinking that what they have read in their comic is true.
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Jambo
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since society "accepts" a whole host of crime, vigilantism is inevatable. But as mentioned hard to quantify due to individual circumstance.
Tough one, but the more lowlife scummers get battered the better imo
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Tiger
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quote:
Originally posted by All Torque
Are we talking about intervention here or revenge?
The whole aspect.
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smack
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what ed said. too many idiots in this country who see fit to take the law into there own hands
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N3CRO
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Look at Daredevil. That worked out for everybody didn't it. The police didn't wanna know so he sorted it out himself and it made the city a better place.
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smack
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i forgot daredevil, batman and superman are all at large in the real world 
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Carl
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Depends on the situation, I do feel however that a lot of the time the punishment doesn't fit the crime.
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Paul Kersey for the win. 
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 at people putting across their 'good' argument with superman and batman.
Bad for me, as ed said, muppets without a clue decide they know better and end up getting shot. Either that or they properly cross the line and end up in prison....
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Tiger
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Ok, from a personal perspective, if some bloke assaulted your mum say, would you act revenge, even if you think its morally wrong?
EDIT - and if you knew where the bloke went etc.
[Edited on 13-09-2008 by Tiger]
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Matt H
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What a stupid question
How do we proove the person was doing wrong? How do we monitor it? It would become the next big excuse for anyone who assults someone
Not everyone is wired up the same so the boundaries would be constantly moving. Plus there's law, religon, personal opinions. People would be willing to ct based upon
Terrorists are vigilantes, they act upon other peoples wrong doings. You want more of this crap??
This is almost as stupid as your bird feeder analogy thread, which was possibly the worst analogy I've ever heard
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Tiger
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Just let it all out Matt 
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Marc
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quote:
Originally posted by Matt H
What a stupid question
How do we proove the person was doing wrong? How do we monitor it? It would become the next big excuse for anyone who assults someone
Not everyone is wired up the same so the boundaries would be constantly moving. Plus there's law, religon, personal opinions. People would be willing to ct based upon
Terrorists are vigilantes, they act upon other peoples wrong doings. You want more of this crap??
This is almost as stupid as your bird feeder analogy thread, which was possibly the worst analogy I've ever heard
You ticked yes didn't you.
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Matt H
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Yes I did, I'm a vigilante cat....a cat who is a vigilante
Brrrrp-de-durp-durpp...X-Ray Cat..Brrp-de-durp-durpp... X-Ray Cat
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Tiger
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quote:
Originally posted by Matt H
Yes I did, I'm a vigilante cat....a cat who is a vigilante
Brrrrp-de-durp-durpp...X-Ray Cat..Brrp-de-durp-durpp... X-Ray Cat
Are you on drugs today Matthew?
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Matt H
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You can put the cheeeesee in your bummmm
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haha freddy got fingered is a class film
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