(March 8, 2013 at 11:11 am)pocaracas Wrote:(March 8, 2013 at 11:02 am)Baalzebutt Wrote: And, in point of fact, Mo...hmmm... I see you used the "In the case of adultery", but this is something you can't apply to murderers.... And popular justice is almost always exaggerated and often misguided, so justice should be dealt with by a third party, aka, the judicial system.
In the case of the adultery, you were neither directly, nor indirectly, harmed and you have NO RIGHT whatsoever to mete out punishment of any kind to those who engaged in it. That right is reserved for those who were harmed.
You make a good point but we are also talking about very different types of behaviors. I don't think anyone here would disagree that murder is a far more heinous and far-reaching crime than adultery.
So, while it is appropriate for the justice system to take action on a murder which is primarily a social crime, it is a very different thing for the justice system to take on adultery, which is, by-and-large, a personal misjudgement.
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