The problems
with mob justice in an Internet world have been explored elsewhere, including in relation to the Palmer matter (see, e.g.: From Gamergate to Cecil the Lion).
Not exact matches
The series comes to a dramatic end
with a fictional letter, written as though from St Petersburg, in which Chesterton's alter ego, «Guy Crawford», describes himself as joining a rebellious
mob in which he recognises an obviously Jewish student called Emmanuel, and as springing to his defence, sword in hand, as the Czarist troops attack: but Emmanuel sustains a fatal blow and dies in the street, «a champion of
justice, like thousands who have fallen for it in the dark records of this dark land».
With great sensitivity the changes on the theme are rung, with admonitions against a false report; against false witness with malicious intent, entered into with a wicked accomplice; against the larger company's (the mob's) headstrong purpose to pervert justice; and against the tendency to temper justice on behalf of the poor (since Israelite torah itself exhibits this partiality, let the witness always be tr
With great sensitivity the changes on the theme are rung,
with admonitions against a false report; against false witness with malicious intent, entered into with a wicked accomplice; against the larger company's (the mob's) headstrong purpose to pervert justice; and against the tendency to temper justice on behalf of the poor (since Israelite torah itself exhibits this partiality, let the witness always be tr
with admonitions against a false report; against false witness
with malicious intent, entered into with a wicked accomplice; against the larger company's (the mob's) headstrong purpose to pervert justice; and against the tendency to temper justice on behalf of the poor (since Israelite torah itself exhibits this partiality, let the witness always be tr
with malicious intent, entered into
with a wicked accomplice; against the larger company's (the mob's) headstrong purpose to pervert justice; and against the tendency to temper justice on behalf of the poor (since Israelite torah itself exhibits this partiality, let the witness always be tr
with a wicked accomplice; against the larger company's (the
mob's) headstrong purpose to pervert
justice; and against the tendency to temper
justice on behalf of the poor (since Israelite torah itself exhibits this partiality, let the witness always be true).
Would that be the same
mob that Lord Hoffman complains about subverting British
justice with the Human Rights garrotte?
Still, the sleazy smooth operator seems oblivious of his own culpability to the very end, whether he's lamenting an ill - advised liaison
with the
mob - connected, mattress salesman (Jon Lovitz) that brought down his empire or channeling Al Pacino (from «And
Justice for All») by yelling «You're out of order!»
Now,
with the Russian
mob, the SEC, and the Department of
Justice all after him, Will has to find a way to save his professional life and his own skin before the wrong people get the technology that can be used for mass destruction.
I really do not like this sheep
mob of social
justice warriors that we are creating, who are determined to stone anyone and everyone to death for any stupid human behaviour that doesn't perfectly fall in line
with the mass - prescribed and oppressive, and almost emotionless and robotic in nature, social «normal» as it has been dictated to us in recent times.
The Germanic law underpinning seems to be that literally anyone may, indeed must make an arrest,
with the lynch
mob being at the less - civilized end of the continuum of detaining miscreants, and acting under the authorization of a
justice of the peace being at the more - civilized end.