Vengeance
Monday, February 27, 2023
It is right for us to oppose the death sentence, because the death sentence contains the haste to say “stop.”
JUSTICE can be frightening. Since time immemorial, humans have had a store of stories that do not clearly differentiate between retribution and the desire for violence.
In such stories, retribution is usually called ‘just’—but the brutal shows through. Even God—called the All Just—says in the Old Testament:
“I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me. I will make mine arr
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