When Christians misbehave

[Angrboda]

Actually, I found it more painful to watch than funny. And I also fault the maker of the video for creating a confrontation and escalating it to the point that police assistance was required — which the video author didn't think through very well. That was stupid on multiple levels. What if the police were unable to respond, and matters became truly violent? Their call pulled two squad cars that might have been needed or more useful elsewhere. At minimum, their being called to the scene meant that they weren't enforcing the law and discouraging crime elsewhere. And for what?

The confrontation was already present, he was making threats like these on a regular basis. The video was a means to defend himself through the justice system. I'm not entirely sure what you'd recommend as an alternative.

So your defense of him is an argument from ignorance. If I can't demonstrate a better solution, then anything he did was "okie dokie". The moron essentially took the law into his own hands, and then called the cops to back up his play. That's total shit. Not only did you ignore the very real potential for tragedy in such vigilantism, he also put innocent people at risk. What if when the cops showed up, the dude produced a weapon and injured or killed a cop? They had no idea what might happen, just as on any call. Yet according to you, taking such risks with his life, and that of the others present is justified because he got what he wanted in the end, and no other solution immediately presented itself. Nice justification. Sorry, but I find your ethics deplorable. Life is unfair, and some times good people suffer unjustly. That's no excuse for negligently taking matters into your own hands. If this was a regular occurrence, why was he unprepared for what would happen if the cops were late or didn't show up at all? Your defense is the worst kind of ethic imaginable, that the end justifies the means. Sorry, but I don't agree.