No, the reason not to shoot people on the street is because it undermines a basic function of civilization. Even when someone is clearly guilty, the legal system must still have a monopoly on violence. Otherwise, you get anarchy. This has been a basic assumption of civilization going back thousands of years.
And there's still the question of exactly what culpability a CEO of a major insurance corporation actually has, what supposed crime he has committed, and what the appropriate punishment should be. As far as I can tell, pretty much no one applauding this act has any real understanding of how corporations actually work, or what this specific CEO did that warranted him being murdered. As I said above, there is no intelligent defense here. It's just populist street violence.
I don't see how it divolves into anarchy if you only go after people who ~everyone agrees is guilty. The point of judges is to decide who that is and communicate it so people can convince themselves that justice is done, or at least close enough.
It devolves if its unclear, or someone takes it too far and then there's a reprisal etc.
That's why its illegal and I agree it should be illegal.
I personally feel like the CEO was guilty and the punishment was deserved. That it was just. Based on what I've heard, a lot of other people agree too.
This is irrespective of whether the prescident is good etc. All I'm trying to say is that this is what the guy deserved and its a failing of our government that these types live as lavishly as they do on our backs. That is unjust. We willingly trade some justice for social stability and that's a good thing and I hope there's not follow ups to this with more sympathetic targets. I don't want to be subjected to everyone's conflicting ideas of justice.
I'll ask you this before continuing to argue:
Can you imagine any situation where the courts are not willing or able to supply justice? Is there any other country or hypothetical country where the courts are corrupt enough that something could happen outside of the courts and you would approve? Should one ever trade political stability for justice?
And there's still the question of exactly what culpability a CEO of a major insurance corporation actually has, what supposed crime he has committed, and what the appropriate punishment should be. As far as I can tell, pretty much no one applauding this act has any real understanding of how corporations actually work, or what this specific CEO did that warranted him being murdered. As I said above, there is no intelligent defense here. It's just populist street violence.