What is an explanation when someone says:
"The our crime's worse than a murderer's. His act puts him outside the law, but keeps the law intact. Ours would weaken the law."
P.s. These men are forming a posse to hang a gang that killed one of their townsmen.
A murderer kills one person. It's clearly illegal and everyone agrees.
However, the posse is made up of several men who are taking the law in their own hands. They make people wonder who is right and thus make the authority of law weaker.
What do they mean when you say "she was talking up a storm"
In this context, the speaker is making a comparison between their planned act of hanging the gang members and that of a murderer. They argue that while both acts can be seen as outside the law, there is a fundamental difference between them.
The speaker believes that the gang members' act of killing puts them outside the law because it violates the laws against murder. However, they argue that this act, in a twisted way, keeps the law intact as it demonstrates that there are consequences for breaking it.
On the other hand, the speaker suggests that their act of forming a posse to hang the gang members could be even worse than murder in terms of the impact it would have on the law. They argue that carrying out an act of vigilante justice like this would weaken the law because it undermines the established legal system and takes justice into their own hands.
In summary, the explanation here centers around the different ways in which these two acts, the gang's killing and the speaker's plan of hanging the gang members, relate to the law. The speaker sees the gang's act as a violation of the law, but one that still functions within the legal framework, while they believe their own planned act would weaken the law by bypassing the established legal processes.