>>1079640I took it as the difference between "let's surrender him to authorities" and "let's murder him". Admittedly you can read it differently, but a mob of upset villagers is not exactly known for running long-term jails, so "let's put him in jail" is generally not something they would do completely on their own.
Also, jail is (at least in Western countries) the agreed-upon punishment for rape. Killing is not, so in one example they follow the process in the other they don't.
>>1079632Same reason I don't really buy this argument. It obviously depends on which country and social tradition you come from, but Western-style democracies (which should constitute the vast majority of 4chan's audience) have a little something called "rule of law". An extra-legal killing is by definition not "justice" because it doesn't adhere to the process that was constitutionally agreed upon. Even if a majority of citizens agreed someone should be killed (which is a big step further from your proposal of them merely condoning the killing), their murder wouldn't magically become justice.
For example my city had an islamic shooter a little while ago. Killed like 4 defenseless people before police shot him. I'd wager an easy 90%+ majority agrees with that killing. But was it justice? Justice is when that motherfucker has to answer for his crimes. Killing him was absolutely necessary and the right thing to do, but it gave him the easy way out and it doesn't feel like justice to me at all. He never had to face the consequences of his deeds because he was erased from this world in the process.
