(March 6, 2017 at 5:36 pm)Jesster Wrote:(March 6, 2017 at 4:53 pm)AtlasS33 Wrote: The example works best with tactical bombers:
X bombed my family.
I should bomb X; not their family.
If Nicki gave the finger to my kid, then I should give Nicki the finger.
Eye for an eye.
Not to her kids.
I make the whole world blind if I reply to nukes on cities, with nukes on cities.
Sorry, but it's bad advice. I'm not going to stab someone who stabs me if I have a chance to be more humane. Not every action demands direct retaliation.
You can forgive, and that's a nice thing.
But when you have someone to protect, knowing that they will be next, to get stabbed. You'll think otherwise.