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Rule of law is not only about the practice of resolving disputes, though that's important, it's also about the belief that the process is what is used to handle
by habitue 7y ago
Rule of law is not only about the practice of resolving disputes, though that's important, it's also about the belief that the process is what is used to handle criminals like McElroy. If that belief is shaken, it's much more damaging than if the system itself is a bit inefficient or corrupt but people still believe in it.
- PeterisP 7y agoI feel that this reverses cause and consequence - in this scenario it's not that this lynching would damage the belief in the legal process, but rather than the lynching happened because of (justified) disbelief in the legal process.
- rocqua 7y agoThere are two perspectives here. The outer perspective is 'should we condemn the actions taken here as outsiders'. The other, inner perspective is 'would you have participated in the killing, or at least be okay with refusing to testify against the killer?' I think it might be okay for the judgement of the situation from the different perspectives to be inconsistent.