Wednesday, July 26, 2006

Quid pro quid

If I slap a man and he kills my mother and father as retribution, are their deaths justified?

4 comments:

Purslane said...

An emphatic no! But a head-butt to your chest as retribution is well justified.

Purslane said...

If I slap a man and he kills my mother and father in a forest,
does it make a sound?

Purslane said...

Oh, and the title of previous post is "Quid pro ten quid."

Purslane said...

The notion of retribution as justice is the fruit of ten thousand years of human progress.