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Is it a surprise that armed people would show up to oppose the trashing of their cities?
by anonunivgrad 6y ago
Is it a surprise that armed people would show up to oppose the trashing of their cities?
- jolux 6y agoYes, it is, because taking up arms is not how we deal with social problems in civilized society, and civilians are not authorized to use force against other civilians except in extreme circumstances involving a direct threat against one's life.
- amanaplanacanal 6y agoI can imagine arming myself if I felt my neighbors or myself were in danger, but the idea of arming myself and my friends to drive to some other neighborhood or city to “protect” them is beyond anything that makes sense to me.
- anonunivgrad 6y agoYou really can’t imagine why vigilates’ sense of citizenship would extend beyond a neighborhood? And if we are assuming only selfish self interest, what happens in one neighborhood doesn’t stay there. I’m not saying their actions were right, but they’re not hard to understand.
- dang 6y agoWould you please stop using HN for political and ideological flamewar? As you know, this is not what HN is supposed to be for. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html