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To: AEMILIUS PAULUS
in the meantime we must live here and try and stop the systematic murder of innocents. Such stopping is the duty of every man.

"When one sets out to destroy monsters, one must take care not to become a monster oneself, for when you look into the Abyss, the Abyss looks back at you." Nietzsche didn't get a whole lot of things right, but *THAT* was one of them, although I'm certain that the 'why' of it completely escaped him.

There is a reason that men develop systems of justice, and the reason is simply that vigilantism can easily get out of hand, and become a bigger problem than the problem it purports to cure. That said, yes, I agree that when routinely denied justice, men have a propensity to enact their own. I'll additionally state, that having been forced to do so, they are very apt to be brusque and roughshod in the manner of implementation. This is where justice becomes something else entirely, and is dangerous to all.

What is the answer?

the infowarrior

32 posted on 07/21/2015 11:12:45 AM PDT by infowarrior
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To: infowarrior

Without meaning to your philosophy translates into doing NOTHING. An escape into a future world means that in this world millions of innocent children are murdered. Yes, it is risky to intervene yet everyone of those hung by the San Francisco and Los Angeles vigilantes deserved the hanging.


33 posted on 07/21/2015 11:19:19 AM PDT by AEMILIUS PAULUS
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