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To: philetus
And just how would you define: vigilante?
98 posted on 11/24/2002 11:18:49 AM PST by BlackElk
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To: BlackElk
I was thinking more of mobs who take the perp from the law and hang them, but Merriam-Webster defines it as:

Main Entry: vig·i·lan·te
Pronunciation: "vi-j&-'lan-tE
Function: noun
Etymology: Spanish, watchman, guard, from vigilante vigilant, from Latin vigilant-, vigilans
Date: 1865
: a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law appear inadequate); broadly : a self-appointed doer of justice
- vig·i·lan·tism /-'lan-"ti-z&m/ noun

Since the LAW is not doing it's duty, I can support vigilantism.
129 posted on 11/24/2002 5:12:54 PM PST by philetus
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