Re: A question for the list...

[Brian Finn <brian () nacmsw com>]

So, who are the network police?

Brian

On Wed, 21 May 2003, Kevin Reardon wrote:

> Please keep these discussions directed toward the email list, it's
> supposed to be a general conversation.
>
> Ignorance of the Law is no excuse, but it does not imply a mandatory use
> of vigilantism as a response.  In the case where a landlord is notified
> and they do nothing, the police and regional prosecutors will have
> something to say about it.  If the neighbor, on the other hand, responds
> in some manner, even if it is the same response the police would do,
> they would be guilty of several offenses (and rightly so because it
> would not be the actions of a "reasonable man").  Again, we use police
> to enforce the laws, removing the burden (and hopefully the arbitrary
> reactions of vigilantism) from the general users of society.
>
> ---K 


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