[Redbob]

Our obedience to laws is conditional on the impled contract between the government and the people: we forego our right to avenge ourselves upon those who have wronged us, and the government agrees to seek vengeance in our stead.

When the government breaks its part of the bargain, the contract is void...

[Redbob]

"implied" contract...

[B-Chan]

Our obedience to laws is conditional on the impled contract between the government and the people: we forego our right to avenge ourselves upon those who have wronged us, and the government agrees to seek vengeance in our stead.

When the government breaks its part of the bargain, the contract is void...

...provided that those who act to avenge themselves subsequently submit themselves and their actions to the judgment of a duly constituted court of law. To seek private justice and then attempt to conceal the act is a crime in itself.