Is Revenge

[Andreus]

i thought it was idle minds

 

[Rand]

I thought Revenge was best served cold


with malice


and chopped nuts

 

[ahotjock71]

i thought it was idle minds

I thought it was idle hands....

<idle hands

 

[SilverRRCloud]

I have never bothered. The course of human nature took care of everything.

I have always thought, I'd rather open up new opportunities for myself than dwell on the negativity of the past.

It has worked small miracles for me...

SC

 

[buzzj]

I love Archbishop Tutu's comments:

"Forgiveness, it doesn't mean pretending that things weren't as they were...Forgiveness is deeply, deeply hopeful . . . Forgiveness does not believe that once a murderer, always a murderer. It gives the other an opportunity of a new beginning. To forgive is to emulate God."

 

[teh_nathan]

I'd have to say I'm vengeful - one of my many many flaws. (At least admitting to it is the first step, and all that)

 

[Andreus]

it is unwise to forget those that have demomstrated a will to harm or hate you.

Hate? Revenge?

no

self protection and self respect?

always

and its always wise to remember that if you wrestle in the mud and then try to take the high road, you will be even more discounted than those that were malicious in the first place.

 

[ahotjock71]

<See my avatar. Nuff said.

 

[buzzj]

No matter what people here say I think most have wanted revenge at some point.
People don't always want to be the good guy and if you get screwed time and time again,revenge may seem the only satifaction you can get.

I certainly have wanted revenge many times in my life! But I'm convinced that Tutu's approach is the better one for me and all of society. And I don't think that forgiveness necessarily implies that the wrong has been forgotten--- just that it's important to move past it.

 

[lapafrax]

Really the devil's playground?

Nope!

Revenge is good and there's nothing wrong with it.

 

[teh_nathan]

After all, if someone's stupid enough to cross someone, they deserve the same thing back at them. Some of us might call that petty, I call it just desserts.

 

[screwnutty]

As the Good Doctor said in Season Two of Doctor Who.... "I'm so old now. I use to have so much mercy! You only get one warning, that was it!"

 

[teh_nathan]

(I posted something off-topic here but I decided to mail it instead. I can't delete this post so pretend it's not there)

 

[Rand]

I agree with Hard-up1; there is no value in revenge

 

[blackbeltninja]

It's perfectly fine to take revenge and drink your enemies' blood, so long as you don't ever want to live in a community, or in peace, or have children or things to get better.

Essentially, reject the notion that man has a soul that has any element of the Divine inside, and then anything goes.

Remember to go by a playground, a hospital, a funeral home, and an unemployment office first. Take a good look, and then remind yourself that your ego and your wrath are the only things that matter, and it's fine to focus on to the neglect of making positive contributions.

Also, swing by a church and borrow some hardware and implements so you can set yourself up in your own religion, since you can't be wronged without meting out your own wrath.

Laprafax's counsel here leads to death of the soul.

Wow

I was inclined to agree with Lapafrax, but since you put it like that... guess I'll need to re-evaluate. I'll admit I had not yet been flummoxed by a JUB post but I certainly have now.

Of course, I'm assuming we are differentiating between revenge (bad! Revenge is bad!) and mere old-fashioned come-uppance. We are, aren't we? I am, that's for damn sure.

-d-

 

[irish1]

Revenge opens the door to other vicious behaviors. It serves no purpose, other than a transitory feeling of self-satisfaction.

Stay away from "settling scores"; it only compromises your personal behavior, and lowers your esteem in the eyes of others, particularly those who have looked up to you.

 

[lapafrax]

It's perfectly fine to take revenge and drink your enemies' blood, so long as you don't ever want to live in a community, or in peace, or have children or things to get better

I don't want children (I hate them). Peace? I already have it. Community? Meh.

And I don't believe in a "soul".