Quote:The original Vigilante ID was meant to be used by actual vigilantes.
That's actually not correct. As an example, Xeno ID is meant to be used by actual Xenos while now it's used by some other group for a completely different reason.
Two wrongs don't make a right. A bad example is a bad excuse. Also let me remind you of the following:
Vigilante ID Wrote:Pilot carrying this ID is a Vigilante...
(10-08-2014, 04:39 PM)Vigilantes Wrote: Oh my goodness, do my eyes deceive me or after twelve pages of unnecessary trash-talk this is finally a piece of useful feedback?
If the whole content of all of the past twelve pages is unnecessary trash-talk for you, why bother with a feedback thread then? Just feching close it already, it is obvious that feedback is not for you.
(10-08-2014, 04:39 PM)Vigilantes Wrote: Also I have a feeling that people have a bit wrong idea on vigilantism itself on Discovery but that's something I'd save myself from discussing because people might get mad and also this is not the place for such screed.
"A vigilante (/ˌvɪdʒɪˈlænti/, /ˌvɪdʒɪˈlænteɪ/; Spanish: [bixiˈlante]; Portuguese: [viʒiˈlɐ̃t(ɨ)], [viʒiˈlɐ̃tʃi]) is a civilian who undertakes law enforcement with or without legal authority." - Wikipedia
"1. One who takes or advocates the taking of law enforcement into one's own hands.
2. A member of a vigilance committee." - The Free Dictionary
"noun
1.
a member of a vigilance committee.
2.
any person who takes the law into his or her own hands, as by avenging a crime.
adjective
3.
done violently and summarily, without recourse to lawful procedures:
vigilante justice." - Dictionary.com
Definition of the term "vigilante", from three different sources. The concept behind it is independent of our own opinions and ideas about it or whether it's used in Disco or outside of it. No need to discuss it, indeed.