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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
To not defend one who is weaker than you; how just is that?
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I don't claim that not defending someone weaker than you is just or not. My assertion is that it's unjust to legally compel me to do so, at the potential cost of my life, when I didn't volunteer to do so. Especially when the victim of the violence isn't someone who I have a special relationship with, and when I didn't cause the situation in question.
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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
A just society is one that is based on virtue and harmony. If these are disrupted, wouldn't a citizen who values justice seek to make it right?
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That is what we have the cops and the courts for. I do think that the carjacker should be punished severely, but I believe that the courts are the apropriate place for said punishment to be meted out. I don't think that any of the blame should be attached to those who don't wish to intervene potentially at the risk of their lives, they didn't sign up for physical intervention against perps of violence, and outside of a special relationship to the victim, they shouldn't have to do so. That's what the law enforcement officers are paid to do.
Edited for poor wording.