[Avodah] Revenge and Punishment

Richard Wolberg cantorwolberg at cox.net
Sun Feb 21 05:16:52 PST 2010


Zev Sero wrote:
Revenge *is* justice.

That is totally preposterous. In fact there is a cognitive dissonance between the two terms.
It is like saying that vigilantes are the policemen.
Nowhere is there a dictionary definition that equates revenge with justice.
Revenge is subjective and justice is objective. 


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