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Re:Ask HN: How to find a small town to relocate for remote w... by hunterb123 on Monday August 15, 2022 @10:34AM (#32470201)
vigilanteism implies he hunted him down. the trespasser came to his property.

the guy confronted him and held him there until the authorities arrived.

are you implying people should not protect their livelihood and let trespassers loot even if they could stop them?

why should those property owners who are fully in the right morally and legally do that when the trespassers are flagrantly breaking the law?

Re:Ask HN: How to find a small town to relocate for remote w... by UncleMeat on Monday August 15, 2022 @11:41AM (#32471088)
I'm not talking about him protecting his property. I'm talking about the bensforbars thing.
Re:Ask HN: How to find a small town to relocate for remote w... by hunterb123 on Monday August 15, 2022 @11:50AM (#32471221)
I see, but I don't find a problem with that either though.

Seems no different than crime stoppers, it's usually just a reward for information leading to an arrest, it's not an actual bounty. It's not excluding that, but he's most likely hoping someone who knows the person who stole it will rat for the money.

And I think you'll have to provide examples of the "terrible outcomes caused by private vigilanteism".

Re:Ask HN: How to find a small town to relocate for remote w... by iluvcommunism on Monday August 15, 2022 @03:48PM (#32474454)
This is why I stopped commenting here. HN commenters have schizophrenia it seems like.