"J. van Baardwijk" wrote:
>
> I know that the entire country will demand revenge, but
> "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth" is not the path
> for civilised Western nations to follow. That method
> should stay where it belongs: in the past.
That scripture is arguably among the most misunderstood.
It was *not* stated in order to allow reprisal, but to
place a limit on how far such could go. In other words,
if someone pokes out your eye, the *most* you could do
was poke *his* out -- no more.
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