Re:This Guy Has My MacBook
by orborde on Tuesday May 31, 2011 @06:51PM
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Posting pictures on the internet is a great way to get a lynch mob going. Those people assuming this man stole the laptop can cause real harm as a result, and I'm not convinced that a smug "I never actually said that this man stole my laptop" should be an acceptable defense for the provocateur.
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A lynch mob is appropriate if the police refuse to act.
If elected officials do not enforce the law, the burden falls onto private citizens to do so. This is the common law with thousands of years of precedent.