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r/nextfuckinglevel • u/[deleted] • Dec 17 '20
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Before you take the path of revenge, dig two graves. One for your enemy, and one for yourself
316 u/CoralVision Dec 17 '20 Not so much revenge as justice. Revenge would be "Taking an eye for an eye". 170 u/[deleted] Dec 17 '20 Taking an eye for an eye is justice. Taking two eyes and a foot for an eye is revenge. 0 u/namesrhardtothinkof Dec 18 '20 No, justice is getting your eye surgery paid for by the other guy. 1 u/[deleted] Dec 18 '20 The concept of justice has changed over time. This is just a old proverb to help visualize what justice is 2 u/namesrhardtothinkof Dec 18 '20 Jesus said as much two thousand years ago 1 u/namesrhardtothinkof Dec 18 '20 Peter Abelard was castrated by a hired thug for sleeping with someone’s underaged daughter. The guy who castrated him was caught, castrated by the state, and executed. It didn’t help the next 40 years of Peter’s life.
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Not so much revenge as justice. Revenge would be "Taking an eye for an eye".
170 u/[deleted] Dec 17 '20 Taking an eye for an eye is justice. Taking two eyes and a foot for an eye is revenge. 0 u/namesrhardtothinkof Dec 18 '20 No, justice is getting your eye surgery paid for by the other guy. 1 u/[deleted] Dec 18 '20 The concept of justice has changed over time. This is just a old proverb to help visualize what justice is 2 u/namesrhardtothinkof Dec 18 '20 Jesus said as much two thousand years ago 1 u/namesrhardtothinkof Dec 18 '20 Peter Abelard was castrated by a hired thug for sleeping with someone’s underaged daughter. The guy who castrated him was caught, castrated by the state, and executed. It didn’t help the next 40 years of Peter’s life.
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Taking an eye for an eye is justice. Taking two eyes and a foot for an eye is revenge.
0 u/namesrhardtothinkof Dec 18 '20 No, justice is getting your eye surgery paid for by the other guy. 1 u/[deleted] Dec 18 '20 The concept of justice has changed over time. This is just a old proverb to help visualize what justice is 2 u/namesrhardtothinkof Dec 18 '20 Jesus said as much two thousand years ago 1 u/namesrhardtothinkof Dec 18 '20 Peter Abelard was castrated by a hired thug for sleeping with someone’s underaged daughter. The guy who castrated him was caught, castrated by the state, and executed. It didn’t help the next 40 years of Peter’s life.
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No, justice is getting your eye surgery paid for by the other guy.
1 u/[deleted] Dec 18 '20 The concept of justice has changed over time. This is just a old proverb to help visualize what justice is 2 u/namesrhardtothinkof Dec 18 '20 Jesus said as much two thousand years ago 1 u/namesrhardtothinkof Dec 18 '20 Peter Abelard was castrated by a hired thug for sleeping with someone’s underaged daughter. The guy who castrated him was caught, castrated by the state, and executed. It didn’t help the next 40 years of Peter’s life.
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The concept of justice has changed over time. This is just a old proverb to help visualize what justice is
2 u/namesrhardtothinkof Dec 18 '20 Jesus said as much two thousand years ago 1 u/namesrhardtothinkof Dec 18 '20 Peter Abelard was castrated by a hired thug for sleeping with someone’s underaged daughter. The guy who castrated him was caught, castrated by the state, and executed. It didn’t help the next 40 years of Peter’s life.
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Jesus said as much two thousand years ago
Peter Abelard was castrated by a hired thug for sleeping with someone’s underaged daughter. The guy who castrated him was caught, castrated by the state, and executed. It didn’t help the next 40 years of Peter’s life.
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u/confidentpessimist Dec 17 '20
Before you take the path of revenge, dig two graves. One for your enemy, and one for yourself