[user104658]

I don't think the issue is whether or not they still might be guilty, the point is more... like I said... where is society going if we start cheering on groups who see a court verdict and say "Meh, let's get 'em anyway!!". Is that not just the digital age equivalent of a lynch mob? And I'm sure lynch mobs DID hang plenty of guilty people... but that doesn't mean we should be in any rush to return to that brand of justice.

[ChristmasNeeve]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

I don't think the issue is whether or not they still might be guilty, the point is more... like I said... where is society going if we start cheering on groups who see a court verdict and say "Meh, let's get 'em anyway!!". Is that not just the digital age equivalent of a lynch mob? And I'm sure lynch mobs DID hang plenty of guilty people... but that doesn't mean we should be in any rush to return to that brand of justice.

No one has been hanged as far as I'm aware

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

No one has been hanged as far as I'm aware

It's a metaphorical hanging, obviously. Like I said I'm not saying THESE guys don't deserve it - just that if it's a route that society goes down, it's only a matter of time before people who really aren't guilty are in the line of fire.