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Vigilante

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A quick definition of Vigilante:

A vigilante is someone who takes the law into their own hands, without having the legal power to do so. They use force or the threat of force to try and make things right, instead of just reporting crimes to the police. Vigilantes often act because they feel like they need to get revenge for something they think is wrong.

A more thorough explanation:

Definition: A vigilante is someone who takes the law into their own hands without having the legal authority to do so. They use force or the threat of force to enforce their own idea of justice. Vigilantes are different from people who simply report criminal behavior to the police.

Vigilantes are often motivated by a desire to seek revenge for a perceived harm or injustice. They believe that the legal system has failed to provide justice, so they take matters into their own hands.

  • A group of citizens who patrol their neighborhood at night, looking for suspicious activity and confronting anyone they deem to be a threat.
  • A man who sets up traps to catch thieves who have been stealing from his property.
  • A woman who takes it upon herself to track down and confront her ex-boyfriend's new girlfriend, whom she believes is a threat to her safety.

These examples illustrate the definition of a vigilante because they all involve individuals taking the law into their own hands without having the legal authority to do so. They are motivated by a desire to seek justice or revenge, and they use force or the threat of force to achieve their goals. However, their actions are not sanctioned by the legal system, and they may be breaking the law themselves.

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21:34
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no he’s literally like 8 and he fully just put his head on my bicep and slept
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21:35
he has since moved
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i just went into a discord vc and yelled "YALL I JUST GOT INTO J.M. SCHOOL OF LAW"
22:24
people were getting excited :sob:
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then someone was like "what does jm stand for" and i was like .. well
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22:39
@splitty Oregon!
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JumpySubsequentDolphin
22:45
haha my brother and sister in law live there
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soyalmondoatmilk
8:38
good morning! hoping waves will come our wave today
8:42
GW wave today?
8:57
There’s someone I found on here with the username threeoutchange and if my understanding is correct that’s a reference to the debut album by a pretty cool 90s-00s Japanese band called Supercar. I geeked a little
8:57
It could just be a baseball reference I don’t get though lol
Dkk
9:00
@renard99: also, the same band that does a song in the anime Eureka 7 which I watched when I was like idk, 12
9:00
Yeah! They are pretty good. Three Out Change is an awesome J-rock record
Dkk
9:01
I will probably not listen to them more but fun fact. Really random to start the day. An omen that the waves will be very random today.
Dkk
9:03
Fuck, reading the wikipedia now. Literal last song they did before they broke up was Storywriter. Wow.
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That one is a masterpiece
9:05
My favorite song by them is Recreation
glovediedthisishismom
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snowing
Dkk
9:07
@renard99: man, hard to find.
Dkk
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@glovediedthisishismom: Congrats on the snow.
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