[OT] was Ubuntu has gone!

[Cybe R. Wizard]

On Fri, 24 Apr 2009 03:59:16 -0700
Thorny <thorntreehome at gmail.com> wrote:

> Since you like law enforcement analogies, consider the woman being
> beaten by her man friend in public, should the bystanders wait for a
> moderator to notice and stop the beating or should the community try
> and do something about it? 

I've actually been arrested for stopping such a thing from happening on
the street.  (released without processing)

> The actual answer here is call the cops

At least that's the /legal/ thing to do.  I would do what I did before;
stop the violence against women at the risk of my own arrest.

> and let them deal with it. (IANAL) How would you feel about it if it
> was your daughter?

That doesn't even bear thinking about.  I'd probably do /real/ jail
time.

Cybe R. Wizard
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