Harsh punishment is not revenge, it is justice
Quote Originally Posted by leo9 View Post
I'd like to be clearer about the distinction as you see it.

If someone breaks my arm, and I break theirs, I call that revenge, and I guess you do too.

If someone breaks my arm, and I take them to court and the judge orders that a policeman should beak their arm, is that what you call justice? Or just state regulated revenge?
Leo9, I understand what you are saying, but what you suggest is revenge and brutality and has no place in society. Neither is it anything remotely parallel to what I suggested.

Be well IAN 2411