Your thinking of it as "eye for an eye". Everyone likes to be treated as an individual sovereign being with a right to life and the respect that is due in accordance with this respect to life. Societal mannerisms aside, when a person decides to treat someone in such a way that is less than what a sovereign being is entitled to they should be punished accordingly socially, punitively, and the like. "Eye for an eye" at least in my view is for those that can't see beyond themselves... find the individual these days that doesn't see beyond themselves and you will find a rare creature indeed! It's a little easier than finding the
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