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Similar but not identical motivations and activities are exemplified by various [[Resistance movement|resistance and insurgent groups]] defiantly seeking to overthrow established national, regional or local governments, and use reprisals against representatives of immorally oppressive regimes or the entrenched occupation forces of a foreign power, such as the [[guerilla]] tactics of the [[Maccabee]]s against the 2nd century B.C. Syrian tyranny, and the French Resistance of the ''Maquis'' during [[World War II]].

Similar but not identical motivations and activities are exemplified by various [[Resistance movement|resistance and insurgent groups]] defiantly seeking to overthrow established national, regional or local governments, and use reprisals against representatives of immorally oppressive regimes or the entrenched occupation forces of a foreign power, such as the [[guerilla]] tactics of the [[Maccabee]]s against the 2nd century B.C. Syrian tyranny, and the French Resistance of the ''Maquis'' during [[World War II]].

The [[Bible]] condemns mob violence: [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/exodus/23-2.htm Exodus 23:2] and [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/romans/12-19.htm Romans 12:19].

The [[Bible]] condemns mob violence and acts of vindication against [[Persecustion|persecutors]]: [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/exodus/23-2.htm Exodus 23:2] and [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/romans/12-19.htm Romans 12:19].

In [[pop culture]], the various heroes and villains of the [[DC Comics]] and [[Marvel Comics]] are vigilantes, who either act alone as solitary individuals or occasionally in cooperative concerted action to overcome a dangerous threat to themselves or others.

In [[pop culture]], the various heroes and villains of the [[DC Comics]] and [[Marvel Comics]] are vigilantes, who either act alone as solitary individuals or occasionally in cooperative concerted action to overcome a dangerous threat to themselves or others.