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  • Eventually it does. That is why Jesus repealed it and nations that practice tit-for-tat retaliation have a difficult time making peace.
  • For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. This applies for inanimate world. For every action by humans, there will be more than one reaction. Revenge works in unpredictable ways. It is usuall more than tit-for-tat. Some may lead to wars - minor or major. The opposite of revenge is "show your other cheek". The Indians have shown it in practice through non-violence movement for freedom. Its power has shaken the roots of the great British empire. In addition to the above, there is one more alternative - forgiveness. "In contrast to revenge, which is the natural, automatic reaction to transgression and which, because of the irreversibility of the action process can be expected and even calculated, the act of forgiving can never be predicted; it is the only reaction that acts in an unexpected way and thus retains, though being a reaction, something of the original character of action." - Hannah Arendt "There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness." - Josh Billings. "To forgive someone is to set free two hearts of one thought." - Angela Taninies. "The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong." - Mahatma Gandhi. Revenge is a human act, but forgiveness is a divine act. "Forgiveness is the God who will not leave us after all we’ve done." "Without forgiveness, life is governed by an endless cycle of resentment and retaliation." - Roberto Assagioli. The last quotation gives the practical meaning for the literary saying "an eye for an eye makes everyone blind".
  • I guess so, if everyone gets wronged twice.
  • Don't be silly. Eye for an eye keeps everyone honest for protecting their eye's

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