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I read that story a while back, and it sucked. I empathise with your anger and sympathise with your loss. But I am trying quite hard to write a comment to say t

I read that story a while back, and it sucked. I empathise with your anger and sympathise with your loss. But I am trying quite hard to write a comment to say there is another way, and it is better. > you can try and hurt them twice, no matter the cost. Culture choice. In trying to hurt them twice, can you hurt them for what it costs you to do so? Or do you just have to pay that cost out of pocket? And if you hurt them twice, but they only directly did one bad thing to you, can they hurt you back? And can you hurt them back for that? Most wars are founded on logic such as this. If you are talking Jewish philosophy, what about Job (the book is newer than an eye for an eye, but Job himself probably lived before the Torah was given)? I believe Job says (amongst other things), "Life isn't fair. Good things happen to the bad guys. Bad things happen to the good guys. Accept that in the knowledge that God will make it right in the end."

TotlolRon 16y ago
> I believe Job says (amongst other things), "Life isn't fair. Good things happen to the bad guys. Bad things happen to the good guys. Accept that in the knowledge that God will make it right in the end." Sister Anna: Do you ever see the Hand of God in what you do? Creasy: No, not for a long time. Sister Anna: The Bible says, "Do not be over come with evil, but overcome...? Creasy: But overcome evil with good." Creasy: [in spanish] That's Romans Chapter 12 Verse 21. Creasy: I am the sheep that got lost, Madre. -- Man on Fire (2004) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0328107/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0328107/
david927 16y ago
If a strategy doesn't work, stop it. Don't hide behind the words "cultural choice" because they won't protect you from the consequences. A culture that lives by eye-for-an-eye is a culture that's going to find itself constantly oscillating between victim and executioner. I remember once watching three kids. Kids A and B would build a tower of blocks and Kid C would knock it down. Kids A and B would be devastated, wailing terribly. While Kid A was crying Kids B and C would build another one. Kid A would lift up his head, see it, and knock it down. Kids B and C are then crying, and then Kids A and C start building a new one, and Kid B would knock it down. This would go on and on, with each child knocking down the tower in turn, and the other two crying inconsolably about it. You are not your culture. Your choice is up to you.

TotlolRon 16y ago

> I believe Job says (amongst other things), "Life isn't fair. Good things happen to the bad guys. Bad things happen to the good guys. Accept that in the knowledge that God will make it right in the end." Sister Anna: Do you ever see the Hand of God in what you do? Creasy: No, not for a long time. Sister Anna: The Bible says, "Do not be over come with evil, but overcome...? Creasy: But overcome evil with good." Creasy: [in spanish] That's Romans Chapter 12 Verse 21. Creasy: I am the sheep that got lost, Madre. -- Man on Fire (2004) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0328107/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0328107/

david927 16y ago

If a strategy doesn't work, stop it. Don't hide behind the words "cultural choice" because they won't protect you from the consequences. A culture that lives by eye-for-an-eye is a culture that's going to find itself constantly oscillating between victim and executioner. I remember once watching three kids. Kids A and B would build a tower of blocks and Kid C would knock it down. Kids A and B would be devastated, wailing terribly. While Kid A was crying Kids B and C would build another one. Kid A would lift up his head, see it, and knock it down. Kids B and C are then crying, and then Kids A and C start building a new one, and Kid B would knock it down. This would go on and on, with each child knocking down the tower in turn, and the other two crying inconsolably about it. You are not your culture. Your choice is up to you.