The Devils in the Advocacy
On another post someone argued a point by stating, "let me play devil's advocate, here..." and continued with his line of reasoning. He was defending one point: that a man should not kill another man on the street no matter what he admits to having done, an action which may result in a death penalty conviction in a court of law under different circumstances (ie: not in the street). Since the man admitting guilt admitted to child molestation/rape other people in the discussion attacked the " devil's advocate " for defending a child rapist. The man spent the rest of the thread trying to convince people he was not defending child rape, but instead was defending the actions of the man who did not kill the confessed child rapist as soon as he heard the confession. It seemed lost on the other people in the discussion that the "devil's advocate" was defending the guy's actions who did not kill on word alone. As far as the others were c...
