On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 1:04 PM, <valdis.kletni...@vt.edu> wrote: > On Wed, 22 Oct 2014 21:36:16 -0400, Jeffrey Walton said: > >> Given that some politicians are more dangerous than terrorist, and we >> kill terrorist, then what should be done with politicians who commit >> crimes against the democracy and the citizens? > > They should either lose elections, or they should end up in a criminal > court and given a fair trial, no matter *how* big a scum they are. > > Saying that it's OK for random vigilantes to shoot at them means you've > basically given up the idea of the rule of law. I think there's a critical flaw in your logic. I think its the difference between theory and practice. The rule of law applies to little folks like you and I; and does not appear to apply to the oligarchy.
Until the law applies to everyone equally, I'm more than happy to find satisfaction in the vigilantes. Too big to jail FTW... Battle evil with a different kind of evil... _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
