Are people justified in seeking revenge against those who offend them?

Question

I'm looking for concrete details about this.
Politics, daily life, short stories, and book examples are prefered
Thank You very much.
Sincerly...
A person stuck on an essay

Answer 1

Down through history people have sought revenge against those who have insulted or offended them. Just look at the current situation today. Cartoons are drawn, people riot. A book is written, buildings are burned. People seeking revenge when they have been offended are very shallow people. What may offend some, may just be someones opinion.

Take what Oprah said on the XM radio broadcast. That really offended me, but am I going to seek revenge against Oprah? Am I calling every radio/TV station demanding money for her offending me? Do you get my point? People today take comments made by others, and to get their 15 minutes of fame, go to extremes.

Pick up any newspaper and you will find dozens of stories about people seeking revenge.

Answer 2

Look hard at your question, Are people JUSTIFIED in seeking REVENGE against those who offended them? The almost dichotomy between justice and revenge, is the reason we try to be a nation of law, not of men.

Answer 3

Words do not offend me enough to resort to physically violence
Actions that physically harm me or mine might cause me to respond in an aggressive manner.

I try to be creative with my revenge on other things.
If people owe me money for work I have done and they don't pay in a timely manner I stand outside their business with a big sign that says "Is so and so guilty of fraudulent business practices?"

It has worked every time.

Property crimes probably not.

Answer 4

The movie "a time to kill' covers this topic, however, i have no idea if it is based on a real case. In the movie samuel l jackson's daughter was brutally raped and beaten. He then shoots the attackers dead. In the movie he is not convicted by justifiable homicide.

In real life i do know that you can kill someone under the rules of 'justifiable homicide' in self defense.

Answer 5

for an offence? I'd so no.
but for an action that is hurtful:
the bible in the hebrew scriptures ( first half)
talks about accidental killings
the persons relatives could kill the person involved in the accidental killing, but that person could flee to a city of refuge to avoid that. So, it was alloud then in the bible

but now, Jesus comes along in the greek scriptures and says turn the other cheek. even when they were coming to arrest and kill him he did not fight, or seek revenge against those who killed him when he was ressurected.

I hope these two points give you something to talk about in your essay.
too think of this,
if I could revenge against someone who said something ?
I could fight someone who called me a racial term maybe? possible kill them over it in the fight.
and for a defence say, they said so-and-so. but no one was there who's alive to testify toit....
imagine the legal probs it could cause.

Answer 6

I don't do any thing, but I do remind them that what goes around comes around. I never get back, some where down the line some one I have never met does it for me.

Answer 7

Any revengeful attack is more harmful than the offense because it is premeditated. I personally tend to retaliate .

Answer 8

They just think they are to satisfy there narrow minded ego.

Answer 9

Agreed. If someone killed all your children, you must turn the other cheek.

Vengence is mine, sayeth the lord.

Bullshit, says I.