*laughing* My far away friend over there sitting on your British Isles, we count in metres here on the continent. Check what I really said.
On 1 Sep., 13:47, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes indeed, I have already given the reason I don't belive you. Can > you offer us any other examples that the phrase 'An eye for an eye' > when said by somebody has meant 'walk a mile in my shoes'? > > On 1 Sep, 12:42, gabbydott <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Normally is normally spelt with a double l, Lee, but I see what you > > mean anyway. > > > I believe that you don't believe me. > > > On 1 Sep., 11:46, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > wrote:> I've never even thought of applying such a meaning to that > > particular > > > one Gabs, and I do not belive that when it is normaly uttered that > > > this meaning is errrr meant. > > > > On 28 Aug, 19:29, gabbydott <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > An eye for an eye is the static "way" of saying: try walking in my > > > > shoes. How much fairer can you get? > > > > > On 28 Aug., 14:55, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > In what way? If you take an eye because you percive that a man has > > > > > taken yours, then you find out it was his twin brother, the two > > things > > > > > > occour to me. > > > >> > Hoow do you replace the eye that you have taken, and is it then fair > > > > > that you give up another eye? > > > > > > On 27 Aug, 03:09, Darrel Farrel <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > an eye for an eye is fair > > > > > > > > Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 02:27:25 -0700 > > > > > > > Subject: [Mind's Eye] Re: revenge > > > > > > > From: [email protected] > > > > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > > > > > All in all I think revenge is a moral and psycological deadend. > > > > > t my f > > > > ay f > > > el goodod for a while to take vgagance, but othan that that > > > > > > > l littlrush h of feeling good what does it do in the long term? > > > > > > > > On 26 Aug, 05:12, facilitator <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > I think of revenge for variuos reasons from to timo time. > > > > > > > > Usuly to > > > > > > > > > corrt sosomething or someone when I have been wronged. > > > > > > > > > But I am not very clever in that regard and don't carry it out > > > > > > > > thinking that somehow this "correction to an injustice" will > > > > > > > > spin out > > > > > > > > of control and fall back on my head anyway. > > > > > > > > > I have chosen to spend my time doing something proactive and > > > > > > > > constructive instead. > > > > > > > > > One of my famous sayings helps me in this regard: > > > > > > > > "The opposite of love is not hate , it is indifference". > > > > > > > > > I become indifferent to the offender. I am almost certain this > > > > > > > > has to > > > > > > > > be wrong, but it works for me. > > > > > > > > > Still, all in all, I would prefer for the most part to be the > > > > > > > > hammer > > > > > > > > rather than the nail! > > > > > > > > > On Aug 25, 9:11 pm, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > When I saw you use the word revenge in the other thread Neil, > > > > > > > > > I got > > > > > > > > > the full body rush. Ugh, revenge - bad. But then I read > > > > > > > > > your amusing > > > > > > > > > experience and I asked myself if I ever felt this way. The > > > > > > > > > answer is > > > > > > > > > yes. > > > > > > > > > > At the end of my first marriage, my soon to be ex husband had > > > > > > > > > an > > > > > > > > > affair, and his girlfriend would call the house, let it ring > > > > > > > > > twice and > > > > > > > > > hang up, or hang up if I answered before two rings. This got > > > > > > > > > my > > > > > > > > > attention when it began, so I started watching what became > > > > > > > > > obvious > > > > > > > > > between them. So I asked them both directly about it, and > > > > > > > > > they both > > > > > > > > > denied it. It went on for a bit longer before it occurred to > > > > > > > > > me that > > > > > > > > > I need not suffer the intrusion into my life. I called her > > > > > > > > > home (she > > > > > > > > > also was married with children) every hour for twenty four - > > > > > > > > > day and > > > > > > > > > night, for one twenty four hour period, and hung up after two > > > > > > > > > rings or > > > > > > > > > if anyone answered. If my husband heard me doing this when > > > > > > > > > he was > > > > > > > > > home at night, he said nothing. Her husband was obviously > > > > > > > > > not happy > > > > > > > > > as the night wore on, as evidenced by the tone of his voice. > > > > > > > > > Lucky > > > > > > > > > for me, it was prior to caller ID telephones. Well, it > > > > > > > > > worked for > > > > > > > > > me. The calls stopped. Nothing was ever mentioned by anyone > > > > > > > > > until > > > > > > > > > one day a couple of years and after my divorce I got a call > > > > > > > > > from her. > > > > > > > > > She had gone into AA and wanted to make amends. I listened > > > > > > > > > to her, > > > > > > > > > encouraged her to continue with her program, and kindly let > > > > > > > > > her know > > > > > > > > > she was not welcome to call me again. > > > > > > > > > > This, by the definitions above, would be revenge, although > > > > > > > > > for me at > > > > > > > > > the time, it was the only way I could think of to get the > > > > > > > > > calls to > > > > > > > > > stop. I wasn't thinking of getting even, but stopping the > > > > > > > > > calls. I > > > > > > > > > wasn't delighted in this poor families frustration, but glad > > > > > > > > > the calls > > > > > > > > > stopped. > > > > > > > > > > On Aug 25, 7:33 pm, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > It's not a good to let let a imp see e you give it an > > > > > > > > > > injection - it > > > > > > > > > > will take revenge. My guess amongst humans is that there > > > > > > > > > > is so little > > > > > > > > > > justice that revenge gets taken in all kinds of > > > > > > > > > > inappropriate ways. > > > > > > > > > > The idiot wife beater may well be really pissed off over > > > > > > > > > > other matters > > > > > > > > > > and so on. Young Iranian boys off to get killed by Iraqi > > > > > > > > > > gas wore > > > > > > > > > > socks marked 'Death to Israel'. From the Baltic to the > > > > > > > > > > Balkans one > > > > > > > > > > set has taken revenge against another for over a thousand > > > > > > > > > > years. In > > > > > > > > > > Albania, the men have to stay indoors whilst the women toil > > > > > > > > > > in the > > > > > > > > > > fields for fear of vendetta (no doubt a cunning sexist use > > > > > > > > > > of > > > > > > > > > > 'revenge'). Petty revenge is nearly always taken out for > > > > > > > > > > the wrong > > > > > > > > > > reasons against the wrong people. It's usually nasty and > > > > > > > > > > childish. > > > > > > > > > > > On 25 Aug, 23:30, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > I think you covered it all. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Aug 25, 5:00 pm, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Revenge or vengeance consists of retaliation against a > > > > > > > > > > > > person or group > > > > > > > > > > > > in response to perceived wrongdoing. Although many > > > > > > > > > > > > aspects of revenge > > > > > > > > > > > > resemble or echo the concept of making things equal, > > > > > > > > > > > > revenge usually > > > > > > > > > > > > has a more injurious than constructive goal. The > > > > > > > > > > > > vengeful wish is to > > > > > > > > > > > > make the perceived wrongdoer go through what they put > > > > > > > > > > > > the victim > > > > > > > > > > > > through or to make sure the wrongdoer can never do what > > > > > > > > > > > > they did > > > > > > > > > > > > again. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Revenge has been a popular theme for art and culture > > > > > > > > > > > > throughout > > > > > > > > > > > > history. Many popular motion pictures have used it as a > > > > > > > > > > > > central theme, > > > > > > > > > > > > including Payback, Death Wish, Star Trek II: The Wrath > > > > > > > > > > > > of Khan, Star > > > > > > > > > > > > Wars: Revenge of the Sith, and Kill Bill. Classic > > > > > > > > > > > > literary examples of > > > > > > > > > > > > revenge stories include The Oresteialet,mlet, The > > > > > > > > > > > > Mchanant of Venice, > > > > > > > > > > > > Don Giovanni, and Moby-Dick. > > > > > > > > > > > >venge sege en in the l ght t of ethics highlights the > > > > > > > > > > >tension between > > > > > > > >> > > > wh we e think of a just versus whate thihk ofof as > > > > > > > >> > right. But even in > > > > > > > > > > > > the light of ethics, some may accept revenge as the > > > > > > > > > > > > ethical > > > > > > > > > > > > alternative when an impartial system of justice is > > > > > > > > > > > > missing or > > > > > > > > > > > > ineffective, reasoning that punishment of wrongdoers is > > > > > > > > > > > > a better > > > > > > > > > > > > alternative than no punishment whatsoever. In these > > > > > > > > > > > > cases, it seems > > > > > > > > > > > > reasonable that revenge may be an appropriate reaction > > > > > > > > > > > > to small > > > > > > > > > > > > infractions, assuming the revenge is kept small as well. > > > > > > > > > > > > > What do YOU think?- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > > > > Get back to school stuff for them and cashback for > > > > > > you.http://www.bing.com/cashback?form=MSHYCB&publ=WLHMTAG&crea=TEXT_MSHYC... > > > > > > > - Show d text -ext -- Hide quoted xt - > > > - > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. 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