tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31037809.post1935450509592935380..comments2023-10-29T08:05:44.436-05:00Comments on The Superfluous Man: Like maggots to carrionJohn Markleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16473300745301705046noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31037809.post-72967487799512061042009-11-22T13:19:57.022-06:002009-11-22T13:19:57.022-06:00The Basis of criminal law or the though behind it ...The Basis of criminal law or the though behind it is " An offense against any of the king's subject is an offense against the king himself."<br /><br />And that is based on the definition of citizenship as a mutual obligation of loyalty for protection. <br /><br />Under the Hammurabi code, city governors had to pay the victims of robbers a sum of gold.<br /><br />Since modern WorBluxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17237331780596277891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31037809.post-25633465961486146952009-11-16T20:15:02.860-06:002009-11-16T20:15:02.860-06:00(This does raise the related question of what peop...<i>(This does raise the related question of what people are morally entitled to do about a known violent predator living in their midst if the victim does not demand restitution or retribution. If use of force is justified, it would have to be justified by something other then retaliation for the original crime, and whatever the answer, people would have no business compelling the victim to Neverfoxhttp://insteadofablog.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31037809.post-47370581309822626432009-11-01T02:16:52.498-06:002009-11-01T02:16:52.498-06:00The only problem I see with your reasoning is how ...The only problem I see with your reasoning is how the victim came to her views. If we allow a scumbag like Polanski to get his friends to bully someone to lay off him where will it end? Having the powerful gang up on a victim in defense of their own is hardly edifying or right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31037809.post-92207832482228451902009-10-29T11:44:21.236-05:002009-10-29T11:44:21.236-05:00EXACTLY.EXACTLY.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31037809.post-78130788775645388582009-10-29T07:52:12.070-05:002009-10-29T07:52:12.070-05:00I agree absolutely with the content of this articl...I agree absolutely with the content of this article. Your use of the word *tribe* is IMHO particularly appropriate.<br /><br />It is disheartening to see how so many human beings will turn a blind eye to the suffering of others (even children) when the offender is a member of their own tribe.<br /><br />I take solace in the fact, however, that despite external appearances, deep down they know The Beasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04009206503900045740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31037809.post-78086021403830322042009-10-28T19:06:37.786-05:002009-10-28T19:06:37.786-05:00Concise, reasoned, principled and brilliant. Great...Concise, reasoned, principled and brilliant. Great article.Rod Freemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00854929767518687026noreply@blogger.com