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Exactly this. I reply here because it applies to most of the other replies so far. Breaking the law is not justified even if you »only« affect someone who also

by danbruc 12y ago

Exactly this. I reply here because it applies to most of the other replies so far. Breaking the law is not justified even if you »only« affect someone who also broke the law and affected you with that. In the real world as on the internet. Period. Sometimes the world is unfair, suck it up, but don't become criminal yourself.

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thieving_magpie 12y ago
The only thing I'd do differently is I probably wouldn't write a blog about it. This idealist world you're living in sounds lovely but I'm not going to sit and risk my livelihood by "sucking it up" and accepting "the world is unfair". If you want to base your moral code on laws made by old white guys, go for it. I'm going to live my life based on what I believe to be just. That's really how change comes about, challenging legal authority. Think about the historical figures you respect - rosa parks, mlk, snowden (maybe?). The world would be a worst place if they didn't break the law. To me that is contributing to the good of the world.
- danbruc 12y ago
  I'm going to live my life based on what I believe to be just. Exactly this is the problem. There is nothing fundamentally wrong with frontier justice, the only problem is that people don't act rationally in general. What if it is not some lost money but if someone got badly hurt, raped or killed? Can you hold back your emotions? Make sure that you are not targeting the wrong person? And even in the case of this story, what if those two guys are themselves just victims of the real scammer hiding behind their identities? You just publicly stigmatized two innocent people as scammers.
  - thieving_magpie 12y ago
    Again, I do not think it was right to air any of this publicly. I get what you're saying, but I still do not agree that I should never disobey the law when I feel it is morally justified.

by danbruc 12y ago

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thieving_magpie 12y ago

The only thing I'd do differently is I probably wouldn't write a blog about it. This idealist world you're living in sounds lovely but I'm not going to sit and risk my livelihood by "sucking it up" and accepting "the world is unfair". If you want to base your moral code on laws made by old white guys, go for it. I'm going to live my life based on what I believe to be just. That's really how change comes about, challenging legal authority. Think about the historical figures you respect - rosa parks, mlk, snowden (maybe?). The world would be a worst place if they didn't break the law. To me that is contributing to the good of the world.

danbruc 12y ago
I'm going to live my life based on what I believe to be just. Exactly this is the problem. There is nothing fundamentally wrong with frontier justice, the only problem is that people don't act rationally in general. What if it is not some lost money but if someone got badly hurt, raped or killed? Can you hold back your emotions? Make sure that you are not targeting the wrong person? And even in the case of this story, what if those two guys are themselves just victims of the real scammer hiding behind their identities? You just publicly stigmatized two innocent people as scammers.
- thieving_magpie 12y ago
  Again, I do not think it was right to air any of this publicly. I get what you're saying, but I still do not agree that I should never disobey the law when I feel it is morally justified.