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[–] [email protected] 39 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I don't think it's funny, more like it feels good to see an atom of justice done for once. One murder changes nothing, it has no value as far as changing the system, but the symbolic value is through the roof.

Here's the thing: even if we change the healthcare system tomorrow, they get to keep their billions. We can change the system, but there will be no justice because one of the principles of our legal system is that justice isn't retroactive. So seeing one of the guilty parties killed is an example of retribution that is very rare and exhilarating.

Just not funny per se

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, it’s heartwarming

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

one of the principles of our legal system is that justice isn’t retroactive

There have been plenty of cases in history where this didn't hold.

King Charles I of England. King Louis XVI of France (not to mention the rest of his far-less-culpable family). Many prominent Nazis post-WWII. When society collectively decides that someone's actions were heinous enough and caused enough harm, at a certain point a law can be created and applied retroactively, often on the grounds that there was a clear violation of some greater principle that should be self-evident.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I like how you missed the "our legal system" when giving examples entirely outside the legal system in which this killing took place.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Umm, no, not really? King Louis maybe, but the Common Law system used across most former UK colonies traces a line back to before King Charles' execution, and the Nuremberg Trials were set up by the Allies (which prominently includes the US and UK) and form an important basis of 21st century international law.