When someone has been wronged, society allows them a temporary excursion from social norms to restore justice. This is also philosophically how the justice systems operate — they are allowed to detain, incarcerate and sometimes murder people who have harmed society. Through this act of justice, society heals.
We like to see it in film too. The hero’s family (or pet) is hurt, and they commit many crimes to bring retribution to the offender. The audience feels an elation at the end of such films, as though things have been put in their right place and there is a sense of completion.
The phenomenon is extremely common. And I’d argue it is seen here. Society has to a large part deemed this killing a justice. Vigilante justice I suppose is the term.
Not making any commentary on whether it’s right or wrong. I think it’s not my place to judge, I don’t have enough context to judge well anyways. But from society’s reaction it appears to be justice.
We like to see it in film too. The hero’s family (or pet) is hurt, and they commit many crimes to bring retribution to the offender. The audience feels an elation at the end of such films, as though things have been put in their right place and there is a sense of completion.
The phenomenon is extremely common. And I’d argue it is seen here. Society has to a large part deemed this killing a justice. Vigilante justice I suppose is the term.
Not making any commentary on whether it’s right or wrong. I think it’s not my place to judge, I don’t have enough context to judge well anyways. But from society’s reaction it appears to be justice.