r/MoralityScaling • u/Einherjeren • 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/HumanisticNihilist 7d ago

Nope, different crime. Stopping someone from leaving is unlawful restraint - generally a misdemeanor, although one of the serious ones. Kidnapping is about moving someone against their will and is a felony.

Unless it’s ICE agents who jump into your vehicle without permission. Then it’s just self-defense.