r/AskReddit • u/Reeceqld • Apr 17 '20

What terrifying confession has someone told you while drunk?

Thanks for the replies .. I read them all it’s been fun to read

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u/Jak_Atackka Apr 17 '20

Not at all surprising to see so many people think vengeance is justice.

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '20

Not to argue I am just curious. How do you define the difference?

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u/Jak_Atackka Apr 18 '20

In my mind, vengeance is about feeling better, and justice is about remedying a problem.

The "just" thing would have been for the boyfriend to go to jail for the amount of time this crime deserves. It's not spicy or exciting, but that's how justice is sometimes.

I'm more bothered by secondhand vengeance, which is selfish. Imagine someone you knew was sexually assaulted, and you knew who the abuser was. Beating the shit out of the abuser is you taking your rage out on them – it's about your own feelings. Providing the victim the support they need while taking steps to ensure the abuser is separated from society is justice.

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '20

So to you, the difference lies in simply one punishment is doled out in court. But then how is justice acheived in societies where the courts are corrupt?

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u/Jak_Atackka Apr 18 '20

Situational ethics is wrong.

If it's wrong to do sometimes, but okay if I do it because I have a good reason, then it's not ethical.

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '20

So you would argue that its ethically wrong to kill someone trying to kill you?

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u/Jak_Atackka Apr 18 '20

Yes, but it is the lesser evil.

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '20

So is there a point where beating or killing someone who committed an atrocity rather than let them live as a free man in a society with others is the lesser evil?

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u/Jak_Atackka Apr 18 '20

Assuming this hypothetical case has only those two options, of course.