[mirimir]

The concept of "criminal kingpin" is entirely based on "a group I identify with". In this case, some nation or government or whatever. So, as I see it, there's arguably no fundamental distinction between your two examples. It's arguably all about power.

[toyg]

Dude, please. Laws are abstractions and relative and whatnot, but Really Bad People do exist and the public has a right to know. Otherwise, why have journalists or even laws at all?

[hitekker]

I personally give up once a person gets so defensive that they start excusing murderers. That a person will so quickly sacrifice their morals for their face on an internet forum, is disheartening.

[mirimir]

All too often, people confuse groupthink with morals. With a little dialog, I suspect that we could identify some accused murderers that you would excuse.

[yarou]

And you're conflating moral absolutism with groupthink. Not everyone subscribes to moral relativism, as much as you might want them to. Groupthink would be to eschew one's morality entirely, and merely subscribe to some sort of prevailing opinion on morality. Which is ironically what you're asking the parent poster to do.

[erikpukinskis]

But myerbergs_army's stated rationale was not that Le Roux is fair game for doxxing because he's so bad, it was that he was fair game because his activities are newsworthy.

[mirimir]

Honestly, I don't have a clue. Who gets to decide? Some murderers are presidents, and others are on trial. There's really no point in arguing about it.

[atmosx]

Start here: https://www.congress.gov/constitution-annotated/

[na85]

Ugh, American Exceptionalism rears its ugly head yet again.

Your constitution is not the epitome of justice or democratic ideals, and is in fact deeply flawed on a fundamental level.

[ktRolster]

and is in fact deeply flawed on a fundamental level.

I can accept that it has flaws, but on the fundamental level? It seems pretty solid at that level. The creators thought through the problems and difficulties of government more deeply than most.

[Tomte]

It's debatable whether this is a "fundamental" flaw, but the American Consitution is basically a set of procedural rules of the game. Civil rights are an afterthought.

Most modern constitutions also need all the procedures, of course, but they put certain "inalienable rights" square in the middle of it all. The procedures are merely there to support those rights.

Different times, different mindset.

[drumdance]

No it is not. There are many improvements that could be made to our system, but our reverence for the founding fathers makes that very difficult.

[jgalt212]

Yes, America is exceptional insofar as every other place is currently less exceptional.

[ionised]

Oh the irony.

[andrepd]

I'm not a citizen of the United States nor do I have particular sympathy for their constitution.

[mirimir]

What about those of us who aren't US citizens? SOOL?

[joshAg]

Use the similar document for $COUNTRYOFCHOICE

[mirimir]

OK, but there are lots of them, and they're all hard on foreigners.