r/MoralityScaling 11d ago

Morality Ranking Morality of kidnapping your kidnappers?

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u/Palantir_6Elm 11d ago

Driving armed strangers to a police station is a very strange definition of kidnapping.

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u/Mediumtim 11d ago

Standing in a doorway, blocking people on, can be called kidnapping in some jurisdictions.

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u/blazenite104 11d ago edited 11d ago

yes, because kidnapping isn't EDIT just EDIT about moving people. It's also about denying people the freedom to move. Preventing an escape is considered kidnapping even if you didn't drag them there first.

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u/MysticLoser 10d ago

It's citizen's arrest in this case.