Is revenge sometimes justified?

[dust1n]

When and why?

 

[whereismynotecard]

When someone does something that's a jerk thing to do, you should get revenge on them, because they deserve it for being mean to you.

 

[Madhuri]

Revenge is nice but it is useless. It keeps the cylce of karma going round and round and round...

 

[MissAlice]

I don't know, I've had people get "back" at me for things I wasn't aware of doing.

Guess it can go hand in hand. I use to be the vengeful type but now I believe it just makes me look just as ridiculous as the other person.

Momma always said pick and choose your battles.

 

[K.Venugopal]

In the sense that revenge is a reaction, revenge is always justified - because there would not have been a reaction without an action. However, if we are capable of revenge yet decide not to execute it, it would present us with an opportunity to take the relationship to a more fruitful level.

 

[Kerr]

When and why?

It all depends on the context. In either case I think it is best not to get obsessed with it. It is maybe not a moral stance as much as a stance when it comes to health... if you never forgive it may strike back at your mental health. But I won´t say I know anything, I am just saying what pops into my head, lol.

 

[Reverend Rick]

If you want to be forgiven, you must learn to forgive first.

Great words to live by, but people are not perfect.

In a way, justice contains an element of revenge.

 

[Kerr]

If you want to be forgiven, you must learn to forgive first.

Great words to live by, but people are not perfect.

Never said they where. Would just be a hypocrite if I said so, lol. If anyone is imperfect it is me. But being unforgiving was never a part of that. As I see it, justice is about balance, about what is right or wrong, while forgiveness is about healing.

In a way, justice contains an element of revenge.

But at the same time it is so much more.

 

[Reverend Rick]

In a way, I don't know if revenge is ever justified, but at times it is understandable.

 

[Revasser]

Revenge is justified in many situations. "Justice" is, in many ways, just revenge without the personal element.

However, taking personal vengeance on someone, while possibly justified, is not always practical.

 

[Kilgore Trout]

Revenge is justified when the person deserves it, and when it does more good than harm for the person taking the revenge.

 

[Thesavorofpan]

Vengeance is the Lord's