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Apr 29, 2005, 04:49 pm
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| Molten Ash  Posts: 29 | Revenge What is your definition of revenge? Can it be justified? If so, when? I had a long discussion about this with my cousin yesterday and am interested to hear what others think. [indent]"Smiley shrugged it all aside, distrustful as ever of the standard shapes of human motive."(LeCarre 416) |
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Apr 29, 2005, 05:02 pm
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| 9/11: Inside Job  Location: Hawai'i, Big Island Posts: 10,438 | Payback is a motherf*****r. It is human nature. You hurt me, I will hurt you back. Instinctual, very much an animal part of our nature. Try twisting a cat's tail sometime... "Arms in the hands of the citizens may be used at individual discretion for the defense of the country, the overthrow of tyranny or private self-defense." -- John Adams |
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Apr 29, 2005, 06:09 pm
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| Pragmatic liberal  Posts: 421 | Revenge feels good when you are doing it, but most of the time it is counterproductive. The person you are seeking vengance against will likely target you in response, and then you are caught in a cycle of revenge that will likely not end well for either of you. In the long run, it is far better to just turn the other cheek. Now of course there are legal remedies, either civil or criminal, that are available depending on how and to what extent you were wronged. I do not consider that revenge though. You would just be enforcing the rules of society. Economic Left/Right -5.38 Social Libertarian/Authoritarion -4.41 |
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