I only have the most basic knowledge about these hunters and how they go about their business, and therefore not in a position to comment on whether it's a good or bad thing.
However . .
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Originally Posted by tweetiepooh
We have to defend the principle of innocent until proven guilty no matter what the crime is. It is always better to have the guilty released than the innocent punished. A problem with "emotional crimes" is that even rumours can destroy lives/families/livelihood etc. so while we do need to try to protect the vulnerable we can't do it by persecuting a perceived threat.
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I think we've all read about incidents where innocent people have been accused, leading to breakdown of family life, job losses, violence and even suicide.
Not saying 'hunters' are to blame for these situations, but in some cases won't be entirely innocent of leaking information, possibly accidentally but it's leaked.
If we're going to condone this, then should we also bring back the death penalty for murder?
oh wait (I hear you cry), but it would be morally wrong to execute someone who is then found to be innocent.