Godric@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 14 days agoFinally an explanationlemmy.worldimagemessage-square182fedilinkarrow-up1769arrow-down139cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squareFolstar@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down3·13 days ago“An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.” -Gandhi
minus-squareHonytawk@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down5·13 days agoSo should we just tolerate the intolerant? Cause that’s going to end well. We’d still have half a planet with stabbed eyes while they go scot free.
minus-squareFolstar@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·13 days agoIt turns out there are more than zero options between “do nothing” and “become what you hate”. Many in fact.
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down3·13 days agoIt’s a nice quote but doesn’t really make sense. The eye for the second eye is the first eye, there’s only two eyes involved, not a nonsensical endless chain of eyes. This concept of justice predates the quote.
“An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.” -Gandhi
So should we just tolerate the intolerant? Cause that’s going to end well. We’d still have half a planet with stabbed eyes while they go scot free.
It turns out there are more than zero options between “do nothing” and “become what you hate”. Many in fact.
It’s a nice quote but doesn’t really make sense. The eye for the second eye is the first eye, there’s only two eyes involved, not a nonsensical endless chain of eyes. This concept of justice predates the quote.