May be unpopular opinion here, but people should not have complied in the first place.
You can't punish him if at least half of the population thinks he did right.
You can decide to ostracize, not do any business with, not allow him to enter your property.
Can you kill him? Would that be right? How would other react, would they want to kill you as punishment? Is that worth it?
I don't blame ignorant people for being suckered, even at this stage, but also especially in countries that are still underdeveloped or are culturally dependent on several layers of "authority culture."
I could certainly punish him, but, that doesn't make it right for me to do so. In order to justly publish, one must have some kind of authority to do so. I struggle to see where that proper authority would come from to do that.
Social shunning was death in tribal cultures, but, much of the world has lost that kind of cohesion that would make that kind of thing an effective punishment.
I do agree.
I struggle with potential violence/retribution spiral. You kill him, they kill you, someone kills them. Where does it end?
It ends with genocide. That's a big issue. Trying to resolve that isn't easy.
That's the problem.
I won't ever forget nor forgive (all of) them.
I don't seek revenge either.
