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Not that I don't get what you're saying, not that I never want revenge, but still, since I also tell this myself: can you imagine someone hurting a child who has not been damaged in some way? I'm not claiming to be perfectly healthy, but healthy enough that I cannot fathom it, just like I cannot fathom rape. And how many people are responsible for how many thousands of dead children torn to shreds by wars of aggression and get invited to how many gala dinners each year, on your dime? Even just that should make us pause. Do we punish the weak because they deserve it, or because we can't get at those who deserve it even more? The parents who today don't have the time or energy to raise their kids well, maybe because they have to work 17 jobs to survive or whatever, and the marketing which doesn't care for anyone other than inspiring fears and wants they would be happier without and taking their money, create the sociopaths, and education systems that pigeonhole people cutting off what doesn't fit, and so on, those create the sociopaths of tomorrow much more than those poor fucks themselves do. The guy spitting at the window in the subway while twitching to music and some hellish mixture of drugs didn't have the same life as me, just making bad choices. Maybe in some cases that's true, but generally I consider the fact I'm not a murderer something I should be grateful for, not something to be proud of. Justice is a big word, and like "why?" it can have many iterations. I'm not saying this to put you on the spot, but this is how it ends up for me, that's the train of thought that sometimes even replaced my thirst for revenge with things I like better, and which I think are better for me. I think the best revenge is to attain the ability to get revenge and then not get it, to no longer need it. Take this, "for example". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Nickel_Mines_School_shoot... If turning the other cheek is weakness, why does this make my jaw drop and give me goosebumps? Imagine if the relatives of 9/11 victims calling out against meeting violence with violence, against murdering more innocents, would have been listened to. The Middle East would still be a mess, but orders of magnitude less so. It just used the people who griefed to sow more grief. Justice, hmm. There is the reaction you want to have, and there is the reaction that would make your loved one who was harmed proud. Food for thought, anyway :) |