Quote:Childish "Tit-for-Tat" = Hammurabi's Code ??

Straw man fallacy .We are discussing a present day event, not one over 4000 years ago.

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Quote:I actually agree with you Padraic, but I know for a fact that many people do not.

Some say, if one has betrayed the relationship, it's fair and equal to step out. Many however, do not. From what I've seen it's about 50/50 on this topic.

Mate you asked for opinions.I gave mine,saying how I hope I would act in the same circumstances. I don't care what others think.

My moral code and conscience are not based on consensus.

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Tangent: Yes, I believe an eye-for-an eye is primitive,vindictive and childish. Just like Sharia law as described (and practiced) by some of the more conservative Muslims,such as the Saudi Wahhabi.

(September 15, 2011 at 11:05 pm)padraic Wrote: Mate you asked for opinions.I gave mine,saying how I hope I would act in the same circumstances. I don't care what others think.

My moral code and conscience are not based on consensus.

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Tangent: Yes, I believe an eye-for-an eye is primitive,vindictive and childish. Just like Sharia law as described (and practiced) by some of the more conservative Muslims,such as the Saudi Wahhabi.

If I somehow appeared to be chastising you for your remark, that was certainly not my intention. Your opinion is always welcome and appreciated.


As for the eye-for-an-eye ideology: In many cases (not all) I'm for it and I don't think it childish whatsoever. If some shit sandwich of a human being kidnapped and murdered my son, you can be god damn sure I'd be practicing eye for an eye on his short painful existence.

The bleeding hearts cry for the criminal and forget the victim. It's infuriating and insulting and it's not childish (in my opinion) to dole out punishment that suits the crime. You kill a child - you get to die. Prison is not a fair punishment for such an offense and all it does is give the rest of society an additional burden.

Now of course, at the other end of this little conundrum is my friend and his adulterous wife. In this case, eye for an eye doesn't actually solve anything and only serves to place more strife and negativity into people's lives. A one-up-manship begins and the true justice that eye-for-an-eye was meant to dole out is completely lost. That being said, I still understand it and wouldn't judge a person for their actions in that situation ... as it is SO easy to judge someone when you're not standing in their shoes.



Me? I would just divorce the bitch and be done with it. But that's me.

Me? I would just divorce the bitch and be done with it. But that's me.

I don't know what I'd do.(the first time) That would depend how much I loved her, if I believed she still loved me and that the marriage could be salvaged. I think that in such a case the prognosis is poor. If your little ego is so fragile that you just HAVE "to get bitch back", probably best to walk away.

In real life my attitude is;

Quote:I have a little girl. Anyone rapes her,he's a dead dog (from the film 'A Time To Die')

My action in that case would be exceedingly satisfying,wrong and I'd do it anyway.. The Christian god may forgive, but there are some things I do not forgive.

At times there is a distinct difference between my ideal moral position and the way in which act. I think that hypocrisy is pretty human,if regrettable.