RE: Irene of Athens: the Christian Byzantine Empress who gouged her own son's eyes.
January 2, 2022 at 10:38 pm
(January 2, 2022 at 9:36 pm)WinterHold Wrote: If I only "imprisoned" the criminal, then I neglected the victim and banned them -by force- from their right to see the abuser pay for their deeds.
That is a disgustingly primitive way of looking at justice. Retribution is not the way to go. No one has the right to commit a crime in retaliation for another one.