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| ▲ Jo Doo-soon arrives at the Compliance Support Center Jo Doo-soon, a child sex offender, released from prison after serving his sentence, enters the Ansan Compliance Support Center in Ansan City, Gyeonggi Province, on the morning of the 12th. | |
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Jo Doo-soon, a child sex offender and the perpetrator who raped and assaulted an 8-year-old student, was released on the morning of the 12th. A few years before his release, the voices against him were loud. A petition from the Blue House stating that the victims of the incident should stop returning to Ansan-si, Gyeonggi-do lived there, and the families of the victims left Ansan when there was no such achievement.
This sparked petitions against child sex offenders like Cho Doo-soon to be released and return to citizens, and many people criticized the current law and opposed Cho Doo-soon’s release. However, despite numerous petitions and opposition, Jo Doo-soon was released on the scheduled date (related article: Jo Doo-soon returned to Gyeonggi Ansan … “It’s frustrating, deportation”).
Many citizens protested this. Around 6 a.m., in front of the prison where Cho Doo-soon was released, citizens held a protest against him. As a member of the protesters lies down in front of the prison, his release was delayed. In the process of moving from the prison through the Ansan Compliance Support Center to their residence, the protesters reacted violently, as part of the windshield of the official vehicle arriving at the residence was smashed and the rear seat door was smashed.
Considering the ridiculously low conviction of a notorious criminal, the resulting release, and the negative impact and damage to the local community, this reaction is natural and understandable. However, some reactions to Cho Doo-soon’s release appeared in a somewhat incomprehensible way. At Jo Doo-soon’s residence, reporters and police, as well as streaming BJs and YouTubers, were packed. From the prison where Cho Doo-soon was released, many Internet YouTubers and BJs began broadcasting with the slogan “ Cho Doo-soon punishment ” and “ Realization of justice. ”
Famous YouTuber Song Dae-ik revealed that he will personally punish Jo Doo-soon with the title “ Cho Doo-soon, who will be released soon, does he live in our apartment? ” He asked about the place of his release. Since the law currently in force has failed to severely punish criminals like Doo-Soon Cho, he is saying that it will make him pay a price worthy of the public’s ire.
Vigilante means vigilante, but the reality is different
The English word ‘vigilante’, which means vigilant, comes from the word ‘vigilante’, which means ‘be alert, not vigilant at all’. The dictionary stipulates that the dictionary is ‘an organization organized to protect its own safety and property through self-care’, which means that it is an organization formed by local residents on a voluntary basis to solve existential and potential problems in the community. It is in common use. The image of myself that many YouTubers, including Song Dae-ik and Myung-Hyeon, want to present, is probably a movie. <다크나이트> Like Batman in the series, he must have been an apostle of justice to defeat the villains of society.
However, his actions do not receive positive reviews. Many netizens criticize their actions as a means of making money using high social interest events. According to the characteristics of YouTube content that provides more income as the number of viewers increases, it is intended to increase viewers and sources of income through stimulating and sensational content and themes. Song Dae-ik, one of the YouTubers who predicted Jo Doo-soon’s personal retaliation, has already been sued by management for the ‘Chicken Country Pizza Princess’ broadcast, and many YouTubers, including him, are coming under fire.
Even if they actually personally retaliated by thinking that the legal authorities’ punishment for Cho Doo-soon was inappropriate, the action cannot be justified.
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| ▲ Cho Doo-soon arrives at the Compliance Support Center Jo Doo-soon, a child sex offender, released from prison after serving his sentence, enters the Ansan Compliance Support Center in Ansan City, Gyeonggi Province, on the morning of the 12th. | |
| Ⓒ Yonhap News |
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This is because punishment for crimes in Korean society is generally based on legal judgments. Punishment must be done in accordance with the constitution and people have no right to condemn and punish other people. The power of punishment rests with the state and the people are obliged to follow it. This is the basic common sense of a rule of law. Aside from acting in the “private interest” of the individual YouTuber, no one other than a state agency with legal authority can punish another individual. It doesn’t matter how reasonable the record is, even if the behavior stems from a sense of justice and a sense of duty.
Let’s assume a society that guarantees and recognizes the activities of Vigilante for ‘justice’. There are questions to face when working to implement your own definitions.
First, who defines the definition? Justice is a subjective value that cannot be defined as “that”. It is difficult to find a definition as absolute truth. The law is also not absolute, so mistakes can occur. Second, suppose we borrow Kant’s canonical order. What will Korean society be like when it becomes a universal rule of society to be able to implement the definitions that each one has established? More than having a clear definition, it will be a society full of confusion and without stability. Just by assuming the absence of the Absolute to define the definition as an absolute criterion and a society that became a universal principle, you can guess how much anxiety the existence or possibility of Watchman will cause.
So should you stay still? You just need to do justice as a member of the state society. As mentioned above, Korea is a rule of law. Only do what the law guarantees.
Article 1 of the Constitution of the Republic of Korea states that the Republic of Korea is a democratic republic and that the sovereignty of the Republic of Korea belongs to the people and all power comes from the people. If a criminal named Cho Doo-soon was punished more lightly than a crime on the basis of weakness in mind and body, and if we think it is unfair, we can appeal to state agencies as unfair in expressing mature citizenship as citizens of community. By participating directly in the process, you can make a difference.
This is possible by thinking. Only when solid thoughts are established within us can we discern and judge what is right and what is wrong. Instead of those who only run with their feet, we must wake up with the head, receive them with the heart and move with the feet. Only then can we do true justice on this earth, I believe.
