One of the tweets I found on Twitter is this: "An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind." ~ Mahatma Gandhi
There is much truth in this.
The phrase "an eye for an eye" is used to imply equitable retribution, but the way I see it:
There is much truth in this.
The phrase "an eye for an eye" is used to imply equitable retribution, but the way I see it:
- An eye for an eye is the maximum allowed
- It is not the minimum
- And it is certainly NOT a requirement
I agree with Gandhi in his statement above; when people seek the most they can get in recompense for that which has been wronged to them, we will collectively destroy this world.
-ESA
-ESA
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“Eye for an Eye” now a days it is kind of misquoted as the required (if not minimum) punishment. By Old Testament law "an Eye for an Eye is the max that can be taken. So yes a less or no response is expectable.
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