The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #47412   Message #707811
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
09-May-02 - 09:41 PM
Thread Name: BS: An Argument for the Pillory?
Subject: RE: BS: An Argument for the Pillory?
That's the kind of thing I mean by restitution, Mary.

That's a great story about chasing the vandal and catching the old lady. But it does gover a hint of one problem that arises with vigilanteism. I mean, if your Hubby had been a vengeful type with a basball bat, and it hadn't been a litle old lady he caught up with but some young man going home late at night who was in fact totally innocent...