As a British lad, I’ve been keeping tabs on the news about this guy and the wide support he’s getting.
With so much support, surely the public will get him out of jail just to spite the bastard rich kids and their CEO baron fathers?
The Man who was shot allowed a massive corporation to dangle its strings over people’s lives, medication being pulled away which is horrifying to me who uses the NHS as my primary medical service for hearing.
What do you think? Will Luigi “The CEO Reaper” Mangione ever get out of prison?
Replace Thompson with Anwar and Abdulrahman al-Awlaki.
Our celebratory reaction to Thompson being brought to justice isn’t going to lead to bad things. No, it’s the result of being on the losing end of the world we already inhabit.
Brought to justice? Is this the kind of “justice” you advocate for every transgression or are you making an exception for this one? Who decides what the penalties are? You? What if some other evil CEO committed some other nebulous “crime” but only a bit less serious, what would he deserve? Just a beating in the street? An hour in your personal torture dungeon?
In a civilized society we have institutions that dispense justice. They operate on the principle that a law must be broken first. If you don’t like the law, then you first need to get the law changed. You don’t get to decide unilaterally who gets punished how much and for what.
It’s like Justice Potter Stewart famously wrote about pornography: I can’t define it, but I know it when I see it. It was 100% warranted in this case.
With the small caveat that you are not a judge, either appointed or elected.
Neither is the President.