http://boingboing.net/2012/12/12/vigilante-wars.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 18:05:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://boingboing.net/2012/12/12/vigilante-wars.html#comment-1605614 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 12 Dec 2012 23:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199968#comment-1605614 Fixed. Fixed.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/12/12/vigilante-wars.html#comment-1605555 johndberry Wed, 12 Dec 2012 22:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199968#comment-1605555 Please correct the spelling of Holland's name! It's "Cecelia," not "Cecila." A wonderful writer. Please correct the spelling of Holland’s name! It’s “Cecelia,” not “Cecila.” A wonderful writer.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/12/12/vigilante-wars.html#comment-1605505 Ito Kagehisa Wed, 12 Dec 2012 21:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199968#comment-1605505 I think the vigilante era might come back, because the police are getting to be more dangerous than the criminals. I think the vigilante era might come back, because the police are getting to be more dangerous than the criminals.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/12/12/vigilante-wars.html#comment-1605239 Festus Wed, 12 Dec 2012 18:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199968#comment-1605239 Still among the best sources on the vigilante era in San Francisco is the first volume of the memoirs of the young San Francisco banker William Tecumseh Sherman. (Yes, THAT Sherman.) Published just after the Civil War, Sherman's memories of those years are inflected by the recent rebellion. He really, really understands just how bad vigilantism can be. For Sherman, the link between local vigilantism and secession is direct. Great stuff. Free online from internet archive and many other sources. Still among the best sources on the vigilante era in San Francisco is the first volume of the memoirs of the young San Francisco banker William Tecumseh Sherman. (Yes, THAT Sherman.) Published just after the Civil War, Sherman’s memories of those years are inflected by the recent rebellion. He really, really understands just how bad vigilantism can be. For Sherman, the link between local vigilantism and secession is direct. Great stuff. Free online from internet archive and many other sources.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/12/12/vigilante-wars.html#comment-1605119 Gregory Primosch Wed, 12 Dec 2012 17:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199968#comment-1605119 Any DRM-free source for this? Plain-Jane PDF would be ideal. Any DRM-free source for this? Plain-Jane PDF would be ideal.

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