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An eye for an eye makes the world go blind

Instead of slapping the other person back, I tend to go overboard on turning the other cheek. X3; I hate senseless fighting so I'll put up with people being horrid for the sake of trying to keep the peace you know? I think turning the other cheek and letting it go has its place but you also have to stick up for yourself too. Which I'm bad at. >o>;;;
 
If more countries *coughunitedstatescough* took Gandhi's words to heart, and actually worked to prevent violence from occurring instead of punishing violence with violence, then the world would be a lot happier place. This also goes for things like the death penalty, where you kill someone for killing someone.

Instead of "an eye for an eye," it should be "an eye for me preventing you from ever taking mine or someone else's eye again."

That's my feel-good post of the day. ;)
 
I support revenge, as it will reduce the overall number of offenses.

Why? If people know they'll get their own eyes poked out for messing with other people, it will serve as a deterrent. The Code of Hammurabi, the first written law text of Babylon, was the source of the "eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth" quote. This law was surprisingly effective because the Babylonians were raised in an environment where they knew that if you broke a farmer's leg, you would either have your own leg broken or be forced to work in the farmer's fields until his leg healed... and then you'd most likely have your leg broken.

The current "revenge is bad" (the "the whole word goes blind" addendum) mentality is a shield for created by and for those who do not want to accept responsibility for their offenses. By discouraging repercussion, it allows people to take advantage of others and ultimately promotes offenses.
 
I've done it once, can't say I;m proud of it but yeah.

Well here's how it goes:
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god why are so many people in this thread such fluffy pussies... if you're not gonna poke back, you gonna be blind first! there are people out there who like to hurt others just for the fun of it. luckily they are few in number, but enough to take effect on EVERYONE. always has been, probably always will be. now if someone doesn't go ahead there and kick the hail out of them, then they'll go around making the world blind person by person.

revenge is healthy. violence is natural. not neccesary, but a world where everyone lives in harmony is far too eutopian and NOT GOING TO HAPPEN...

i do everything i can to make sure i am happy and unoppressed. revenge is the sweetest joy next to getting... never mind.
 
Yes and no. Really, it depends on how badly I was hurt. If it was something small or something someone I'm friends with did, I won't take or even think about getting revenge. If it's big, I might want revenge. You don't gain anything you lose from taking revenge, you just make it worse.. so I try to avoid taking revenge.
 
I don't do it. I believe that everyone deserves a second chance, and a third, and a fourth, and so on. People who do things wrong (which, in itself, is a subjective statement) need help, not punishment, though I do realize sometimes this isn't easy or even possible. However, I'm not going to make things worse by going out and wronging someone back.
 
Sometimes I would like to get revenge on those that have done me wrong. I mean it would make me feel so much better faster. Then I remember the bible and such and then think about the work to get revenge.

The thing is, revenge doesn't make any good. It takes up too much time and really that just leaves the chance for that person to get revenge on you. I rather be blind then let others be blind.
 
Screw every rule, regulation or law when it comes to getting revenge.

I cant sleep at night knowing that someone got away with something they did to me. revenge is sweet i enjoy it.
 
I honestly don't know how to answer this question. In my eyes (lol), learning to forgive and forget someone's doing is the right way. If you get poked in the eye and you poke back, you just lost two eyes (one being the other person's of course). That doesn't do much good. Besides, that makes them want to poke your second eye. D8

But however, there just comes a feeling of joy when revenge is successful. They've gotten what they deserved... it really ties to fairness, which is ironic. If someone did real damage to me in any way, it really would irk me knowing that they just hurt me and got away without any penalty at all.

So... pretty much... I would go through would revenge because it feels satisfying knowing that the person got what they deserved. But whether it is truly right or not, I don't know.
mai d. said:
revenge is the sweetest joy next to getting... never mind.
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I think an eye for an eye is in essence a good rule to abide by, not necessarily taken literally, but if someone has wronged you, it's only fair that they suffer the same fate....That's what I think at least D:
 
Usually, if someone randomly abuses me, I pray that God would avenge me. Otherwise, I'll concoct a convoluted scheme for revenge that involves slow, mental, torture. Or something along those lines.
 
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