It’s random because it will be a small subset of the people acting out who experience a vigilante intervention, and it’s also a small subset of the people acting out who will do harm afterwards. Meanwhile those interventions are temporary, or should be. So any direct effect is going to be very small.
It’s random because it will be a small subset of the people acting out who experience a vigilante intervention, and it’s also a small subset of the people acting out who will do harm afterwards. Meanwhile those interventions are temporary, or should be. So any direct effect is going to be very small.
Then there’s all kinds of ways in which the net effect could be more violence and harm. Trying to restrain someone is going to produce an immediate escalation in the amount of force they’re using.
Sure, but on the flip side, as more people inevitably decide their only shot at public safety is taking matters into their own hands, that small subset will grow larger. And in terms of Pavlovian conditioning, if acting out repeatedly leads to asskickings, even mentally ill people will eventually either tone it down or relocate to an area with fewer vigilantes, like an empty alley, to have their outbursts.
Maybe. I just don’t think there’s enough people who’ll take that risk, and I think the effects on the crazy people are hard to predict.
I’m over 200lb and strong, but there’s no way I would preemptively try to restrain anyone who hadn’t yet used physical force themselves. (It’s not clear to me yet whether this guy had done so. I’m just talking in general.)
It’s random because it will be a small subset of the people acting out who experience a vigilante intervention, and it’s also a small subset of the people acting out who will do harm afterwards. Meanwhile those interventions are temporary, or should be. So any direct effect is going to be very small.
Then there’s all kinds of ways in which the net effect could be more violence and harm. Trying to restrain someone is going to produce an immediate escalation in the amount of force they’re using.
Sure, but on the flip side, as more people inevitably decide their only shot at public safety is taking matters into their own hands, that small subset will grow larger. And in terms of Pavlovian conditioning, if acting out repeatedly leads to asskickings, even mentally ill people will eventually either tone it down or relocate to an area with fewer vigilantes, like an empty alley, to have their outbursts.
Maybe. I just don’t think there’s enough people who’ll take that risk, and I think the effects on the crazy people are hard to predict.
I’m over 200lb and strong, but there’s no way I would preemptively try to restrain anyone who hadn’t yet used physical force themselves. (It’s not clear to me yet whether this guy had done so. I’m just talking in general.)
I'm in a similar position, 6 ft 200lb weightlifter and I probably wouldn't either, but then I'm not a Marine