Mexican prosecutors are bringing charges against the younger Guzmán for apparently kidnapping Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada — an older drug boss from a rival faction of the cartel — forcing him onto the plane and flying to an airport near El Paso, Texas
I’d say it’s more like it’s wrong to pretend that laws are what separates man from beast and order from chaos when laws are only loosely correlated with morality, and everyone’s personal preference on order vs chaos is different anyways.
No, of course not. He shouldn’t have broken the law. That will always remain wrong, and it must be if we want to enjoy an orderly rule-based society.
But at the same time… I’m glad it happened.
“The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.”
Not particularly applicable to this case, just a reminder not to get used to the taste of polish.
Is it wrong to say that I’m glad the head of a cartel is in jail?
I’d say it’s more like it’s wrong to pretend that laws are what separates man from beast and order from chaos when laws are only loosely correlated with morality, and everyone’s personal preference on order vs chaos is different anyways.
I am more saying that “the ends must not be used to justify the means”.