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Post by Moose on May 24, 2015 23:20:11 GMT
I read a news story that has upset me and also set me thinking. It is about a 16 year old girl in Guatemala who, on being suspected of murdering a taxi driver was surrounded by a lynch mob, beaten, and then set alight. She died. I have no idea whether or not this girl had committed murder or being involved in murder. I do feel frightened and saddened at the idea of a society where such things can happen and I wonder why they do. Central America has a reputation for lawlessness and corruption in the police force. Is this the answer? I do not want to think that it is - I would not wish to live in such a society. But what do people do when they no longer have confidence that there is a police force and justice system to support them?
Perhaps those who advocate anarchy should think about this.
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Post by madmadeline on May 25, 2015 10:26:35 GMT
I'm not advocating anarchy. I have far too little faith in humanity. But I'm not sure that it's one or the other. There have been many small community models where accountability to one another worked far better than policing one another...and didn't result in angry mobs either.
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Post by tangent on May 25, 2015 14:31:48 GMT
I guess this sort of justice was prevalent in England in the 1600s.
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Post by Moose on May 25, 2015 19:27:15 GMT
Mad - I think you're right, on a small scale that sort of thing can work very well. For some reason it never seems to work on a larger scale tho, mainly, I guess, cos there are always some egos who do not want to be peaceful and cooperate but would prefer to be in charge
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2015 8:12:16 GMT
It works on a small scale because people know each other. On a large scale, things are too anonymous.
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Post by madmadeline on May 31, 2015 11:34:42 GMT
Yes. But what if we restructured things so that instead of huge anonymous nations we had interconnected networks of small communities? Why does a nation *have* to be the standard unit of government?
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Post by Moose on May 31, 2015 19:10:15 GMT
It doesn't And it has worked differently in the past. I'd worry though that what you might end up with would be a bunch of tiny tinpot dictatorships
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Post by madmadeline on May 31, 2015 19:17:03 GMT
I imagine there would be a couple. But smaller communities would make it easier for restructuring and allowing members to join other nearby communities instead. Let me have my unattainable dream! Otherwise I may lose hope in humanity altogether!
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Post by Moose on May 31, 2015 21:03:18 GMT
Kinda like Watership Down
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