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It's amazing how blind some people are to reprisal. If you punch someone in the face, you're going to get something back. It might not be immediately, but it's
by Clubber 2y ago
It's amazing how blind some people are to reprisal. If you punch someone in the face, you're going to get something back. It might not be immediately, but it's coming, rest assured. Every action has an equal or opposite reaction, yada, yadda. This phenomenon is so common, it spans multiple clichés. How do people smart enough to get published in The Harvard Law Review underestimate this fundamental human reaction?
- ChainOfFools 2y ago"I may add that I did not enjoy the short time I spent in the company [Wallie] commanded. He could never grasp the neighbourly principles which, by the tacit agreement of the troops, were held to govern trench-warfare, and to which I was introduced at once by my sergeant: I had suggested "pooping" a rifle grenade into a German post where we had seen heads moving. "Just as 'ee like, zir," said the sergeant, scratching his head, "but once 'ee start doing that kind of thing, 'ee'll get zummit back, zee?" -CS Lewis, from Surprised by Joy (1948)