I was re-watching "Killing Pablo" on the history channel and the section where they delve into the Los Pepes (People Persecuted by Pablo Escabor) and how they carried out a brutal war in the streets. This war of course was directed at members of his drug cartel and their families got me thinking "Is fighting ruthless violence with ruthless violence the only way?"
For example, if there's a massic mob-style crime syndicate destroying a neighborhood but the cops can't prove anyone important is doing anything wrong, is it right for the citizens to start assinanting them after a certain time period?
More importantly, if this is the correct line of action how much is too much?
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Los Pepes and The Morality of Vigilantism?
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That NOS Guy
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Los Pepes crossed the line when they started targeting family members of the cartel. That level of vigilanteism can never be accepted.
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Couldn't it be said that that was justified by car bombs indiscriminately slaughtering hundreds (even strangers have mothersAlyeska wrote:Los Pepes crossed the line when they started targeting family members of the cartel. That level of vigilanteism can never be accepted.
) while the familes reaped the benefits of the grisly operations?
Not really...non-combatants should never be intentionally placed into the line of fire. If someone isn't holding a gun, don't shoot them...it might not be the most effective method, but it's the one where you'll be able to look at yourself in the mirror at the end of the day.That NOS Guy wrote:Couldn't it be said that that was justified by car bombs indiscriminately slaughtering hundreds (even strangers have mothersAlyeska wrote:Los Pepes crossed the line when they started targeting family members of the cartel. That level of vigilanteism can never be accepted.
I like the type of vigilanteism portrayed in "Boondock Saints", to tell the truth...there's an honesty to it. If someone is willing to go to Hell (or to risk death at the hands of the police), in order to keep someone else from having to face evil...is that good, or evil, in the end?