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Russ	30-04-2005 11:00

For those who condone mob justice....

......this is why vigilantism doesn't work.

paulyoung666

30-04-2005 11:03

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surely he was just trying to protect his own , its a shme he got it wrong though :(

Neil	30-04-2005 11:07

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Originally Posted by Russ D

......this is why vigilantism doesn't work.

Hardly vigilantism Russ....:angel:

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Originally Posted by BBC

A man who tried to prevent a boy from being attacked was beaten unconscious by the lad's father, who had mistaken him for the attacker.
Derek Townsend was standing over the boy and holding a table leg to fend off a threatening man wielding a pick axe.

But Robert Piper, 35, wrongly thought Mr Townsend was attacking his son and hit him over the head with an iron bar.

A bad misunderstanding with a nasty end result yes, but vigilantism?

I don't think so anyway....:shrug:

Russ	30-04-2005 11:08

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Isn't vigilantism taking the law in to your own hands?

JohnHorb

30-04-2005 11:11

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Are we talking about Mr Townsend taking the law into his own hands with the table leg, or the father with the iron bar? I wander what would have happened to the boy if NEITHER of these two had acted.

Russ	30-04-2005 11:13

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My point is about Mr Townsend - as with most 'mob justice' the facts and rarely researched. Remember the paediatrician having her house vandalised?

Damien

30-04-2005 11:16

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This is slightly different as he thought someone has attacking in his son and acted in the heat of the moment. Mob justice is a more calculated attack on someone people believe to be in the wrong, usually without facts. But this was a father in the haste of the moment

Ramrod

30-04-2005 11:39

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This was a tragic misunderstanding. I don't think it was an act of a vigilante, just a father defending his son and reading the situation incorrectly. :(

andy 1

30-04-2005 11:41

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if the police and the magistrates did there job properly,there would be no need for vigilantism.

Neil	30-04-2005 11:50

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Originally Posted by Ramrod

This was a tragic misunderstanding. I don't think it was an act of a vigilante, just a father defending his son and reading the situation incorrectly. :(

My thoughts exactly. :tu:

It would be vigilantism if there had been a man going round beating up children (for example), & the locals organised a gang/group to go after him & give him a good shoeing.

Haste of the moment?-yes, vigilantism?-not in my view. :shrug:

Richard M

30-04-2005 12:09

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Originally Posted by Russ D

Isn't vigilantism taking the law in to your own hands?

I don't call hitting someone with an iron bar over the head vigilantism, not in this context anyway.

Graham M

30-04-2005 12:42

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What would you have done in this situation? If your own son/daughter was about to be bludgeoned with an axe? Would you run in, wait and assess the situation while anything could happen?

greencreeper

30-04-2005 19:10

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You're all missing the moral of the story - that people who try be helpful end up getting hurt. Stay out of it - live a long life :)

zoombini

01-05-2005 00:35

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But someones son's might not.

Angua

01-05-2005 00:40

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A well meant action "hopefully" gets its own reward!
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Seriously though. I would prefer someone stood up to protect my children than did nothing.

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