Comment by bombcar
2 years ago
Someone once said that society forms laws and such mainly to prevent vigilantism, and not really for much else. The remainder is post-facto argumentation about how it was "ok" to do so.
2 years ago
Someone once said that society forms laws and such mainly to prevent vigilantism, and not really for much else. The remainder is post-facto argumentation about how it was "ok" to do so.
This. The state only cares about maintaining order in order for itself to survive. Justice is a concern only insofar as it contributes to that goal. You can see this most blatantly in rape cases where the victim is better off not reporting the rape at all than going through the justice system to get restitution.