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the minute they're OK with a few innocent victims in their pursuit of the guilty, I'm no longer on board. The minute anyone is OK with innocent victims in thei
by stcredzero 9y ago
the minute they're OK with a few innocent victims in their pursuit of the guilty, I'm no longer on board.
The minute anyone is OK with innocent victims in their pursuit, then that's social injustice -- almost by definition!
- kazinator 9y agoJustice systems, by and large, are OK with some non-zero probability of innocent victims. Sentences are handed down with rationalizations like "beyond the shadow of a doubt" which is not absolute certainty.
- stcredzero 9y agoBut at least the good ones try, and try quite hard, to avoid collateral damage. Some Social Justice advocates are actually for the dismantling of the presumption of innocence and due process. Some Social Justice advocates effectively argue that their goals are so important, they shouldn't even try to avoid collateral damage. That in itself is a datapoint, as to whether they really stand for justice.