Reply #2: Interesting article...

[SocratesInSpirit]

... Sadly, our culture glorifies vengeance, and using violence to solve problems.

I was completely floored by the Amish reaction to the horrible school shooting that happened awhile ago. When people were donating money, they urged people to not only remember the victims, but the family members of the killer as well. A true lesson in forgiveness.

When the same horrific things happen in our society, we call for blood. There was a horrific murder of a prominent family in Cheshire, CT a year ago. Truly awful stuff. Some people, in their fear and anger, were posting on message boards the sickest ideas about what we should do to the criminals. I struggled, myself, with feelings of anger and fear, but I had to ask myself: what does it benefit us to sink to the level of the criminals by giving sway to such dark fantasies? As Gandhi said, "An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind."