we call them PUNISHMENTS, but they often imply REVENGE(dont get mad, get even... they say)
even the bible said "an EYE for an EYE, a TOOTH for a TOOTH". which is more Karmic, but nontheless SUGGESTIVE(sorta imporing you to practice it).
is there such thing as a SWEET REVENGE?
(which if exists i hope my friend MOON gets from her stalker/s)
2007-09-13 12:25:04 · 50 answers · asked by enki 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Dear Enki! I, too, love Moon, and want to see her get her original account back.
The only SWEET REVENGE is this: "Living well is the best revenge." Other than that, revenge is never the answer.
Why fill ourselves with bitterness, and memories of the wrong that has been done?
Revenge simply makes us the type of person we do not want to be.
All the time spent thinking about revenge, planning the revenge, and executing the revenge simply holds us prisoner of the wrongdoer.
Do you really want to be the kind of person who plans something bad to do to another or to happen to another?
The eye for an eye stuff from the Bible is OVER. "Vengeance is mine, sayeth the Lord." And, did not Jesus say he came not to overthrow the Law, but to FULFILL it? Yes, even the Devil can quote Scripture to suit her own devices :-))
Karma is entirely different. Who we are and what we do creates what happens to us. "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."
Let's just work to get Moon her old account back, and leave the mean people to their meanness.
2007-09-13 23:10:46 · answer #1 · answered by zen 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
No. but what is your definition of revenge? Correction is needed often --and sometimes harsh. Sometimes it is the only thing that makes humans or animals learn. I don't mean beating but stern. Ever see a child who keeps running out in the street and yelling seems to not work? Some people do the same things over and over and never change. No Common Sense.
I do smile at things that kick back at people who do deserve it. Like the "good pirates" who are going after the "big " whaling ships. They will get punish if caught as it should be. But it is sweet revenge too.
By the way it is not that animals attack but when stupid people get bit. Tell your friend Moon it is OK to bite if they are acting as stupid as some are. I feel no pity for them. .
2007-09-15 01:04:21 · answer #2 · answered by *** The Earth has Hadenough*** 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Revenge never serves the purpose it was originally belted out too. It is always best to avoid such contemplation and action. For you not only hurt those you wish to inflect the revenge upon, but yourself greatly, and then there is always those unintended consequence of such behavior.
As for the eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth stuff that is of the old testament, the new testament brought forth the new law, forgive and forget, turn the other cheek some 7 times...7 I believe.
the best revenge is to live a good life that has meaning and is an example to others to follow.
2007-09-13 15:08:57 · answer #3 · answered by kickinupfunf 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well when I was Christian (raised that way) and studying the bible all the time, I also took note of the eye for an eye part... but was taught that since it was old testament thinking and clashed with new testament teaching, we were supposed to throw that idea out the window. What can I say?
Only that my kid had a stalker, and one that burgled her home and threatened her as well, so there was a modicum of revenge in the arrest etc...
but the kid didn't ever get over it, not yet, not years later. And I too have changed my habits. I check in with the kid prob'ly more than she likes. And I guess I don't feel trust at all as quickly as I used to. So though I made all this up (sic) I want to add that revenge is, for some, a useless exercise in futility...that the damage has done been done. Maybe time... and maybe not.
2007-09-13 12:41:06 · answer #4 · answered by LK 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Punishments do not necessarily imply revenge. There is a saying "let the punishment fit the crime", which may lean more towards revenge, but in our society wrongdoers are typically punished by fines or jail time. If you crash your car through someone's fence, the victim does not get to crash through your fence as "punishment".
Revenge is a concept to ease one's own mind and aggressions. If someone has wronged you, chances are at some point you have wanted to wrong them in return, maybe even one up them and hurt that person more than you were hurt, again, to ease your own pain. Anyone who has exacted revenge finds, unfortunately, that their problems are not suddenly solved. Perhaps a vicious cycle has begun, causing this second party to exact revenge on you now, and then you will retaliate, and so on and so forth. Sweet revenge is only a term used to imply that exacting revenge would bring to pleasure to a person - I guess that would be possible, depending upon a person's mentality.
As far a teaching people lessons, your guess is as good as mine. Some people react in a positive manner to punishment or acts of revenge and turn over a new leaf. Some people can never (sadly) see the proverbial light and we all suffer because of it.
2007-09-13 12:47:46 · answer #5 · answered by Jaina Selene 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
There's also that statement in the bible that says: If someone slaps you on the right cheek, bare your left cheek also; which goes to say revenge isn't the right response to being wrongly done.
Punishment is just, so to say, as long as it comes from above, or through an unbiased justice system. It's so different from revenge in which the victim justifies it by doing the same or equivalent offense against his offender.
The lesson is taught well, yes, but then, the victim and the oppressor shares the same guilt in the end.
Sweet revenge? It will taste that way in the mind of the avenger; but the aftertaste will always be bitter.
2007-09-13 16:52:16 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
No, such thing as a sweet revenge. No such thing as getting even, I used to think so, but revenge just means that everybody loses out. You all get hurt. Now I just don't get mad, if I feel like I am getting mad it triggers something new in me now so my anger just calms and fades away.
'Don't Get Mad' I think this is the best and most worthwhile lesson I have learned over the last few months. Revenge is never sweet.
2007-09-13 17:53:02 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Never. Exacting revenge sets in motion a long life of misery. Some people never learn this lesson.
For every person you "teach" with revenge, there are going to be others who are going to "teach you". After all, you had it coming to you, just as the other person had it coming to them.
Philosophies and the social science do not support punishment. Most philosophies speak against revenge. It's also a hallmark of religions around the world -- and for good reason.
2007-09-13 13:32:59 · answer #8 · answered by guru 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It depends are you really talking about revenge or are you talking about justice?
In the Bible's the reference to Eye for an Eye is a reference to justice not vengeance. This comment made by Jesus summarized the Hebrew pineal code which was always carried out after the accused received due process.
Mathew 5: 38 - 42
38 “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ 39 But I say to you, Do not resist the one who is evil. But if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also. 40 And if anyone would sue you and take your tunic, [7] let him have your cloak as well. 41 And if anyone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles. 42 Give to the one who begs from you, and do not refuse the one who would borrow from you.
2007-09-14 01:27:48 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Welcome "home" my very dear friend! I've been busy posting for Moon, & someone emailed me that you had returned!
Oh, there are times...when I fantasize about revenge. I think the sweetest revenge is when they get caught in their own trap, & chew off their foot trying to get out of it.
I'm wishing on all the stars that this will happen. & you know what? I honestly believe that with support from loving friends, it WILL.
I've spent much of my life fighting for JUSTICE, but I've never sought revenge. I think revenge would only shrivel me up inside like an old prune & I'd dislike myself for it. Just my very own moral compass, having nothing to do with anyone, or any doctrine. Enki, "Karma" (as in a Buddhist sect) would never advise such a thing as an eye for an eye.
Although, as I said, the "idea" of revenge can be so very tempting, especially when someone I care about has been harmed. We'll just see....
Love always from Puff
2007-09-13 13:41:58 · answer #10 · answered by Psychic Cat 6 · 6⤊ 0⤋