Under what circumstance, if any, would you feel justified in seeking revenge?

If the revenge served a greater good more than serving my own personal desire for it. Extreme Example: Say my daughter gets raped by a man who plays the legal system and gets off, as he got off in many other instances. I know that he will rape someone else and not get convicted again.

I might feel justified in leading a group of several other fathers and having a "blanket party," in order to scare the crap out of him so he would never do it again. Aside from making me feel better, this would serve a greater good, and may be justified.

If someone harmed my child, I would feel justified seeking revenge.

There are not many times I would see revenge, but if someone criminally hurts or kills my son would be one and also if someone poisoned or hurt or killed one of my furry kids. (dogs) I would seek revenge to the very end. I feel very passionately about my dogs and if someone hurt them on purpose, they will be mine to take care of.

I would be following the"golden rule" not seeking revenge that would be my story and I would stick to it.

I am not normally one for revenge, but if the situation called for it, I would almost feel obligated. These are the times in which I would feel justified in seeking revenge: -If someone physically harms me or someone I love. -If someone I love is deeply and emotionally scarred because of what this person did to them.

-If someone makes up a story to ruin the reputation of me or someone I love beyond repair. -Blackmail. It also depends on what kind of revenge we're talking about.

If someone murdered one of my family members and I hunted him/her down, I definitely wouldn't feel justified in killing or even physically hurting that person. Something as serious as murder may make me WANT to seek revenge more than the other circumstances, but I would have to leave the punishment up to the legal system. The sort of revenge I would feel justified in carrying out, would be along the lines of personal embarassment or taking away something of theirs that they care about, tangible or not.

For example, telling a man's wife he had been cheating on her with my sister would be justifyable revenge, because I would be telling the wife the truth and saving her from her poor marriage, as well as getting emotional satisfaction for myself and my sister by taking away something he felt comfortable in and perhaps valued, as well as maybe embarassing him a bit. I think that when that person is stripped of his pride, that would make anyone involoved feel at least a little better. I think that's the best kind of revenge.

Great question!

When it comes to my family I would feel justified in seeking revenge. I couldn't cause physical harm to another person though. I'm just not that type of person.It would be justice of another type maybe destroying their careers, their home life or maybe their reputations.

The problem in seeking revenge is that we often got hurt worse than if we don't seek revenge. The saying that revenge is a double edged sword comes to mind. Even holding grudge is not good for you.

But I can see many situations where your anger makes you feel like it's impossible to let go, such as if some people harm you or your loved ones, such as people who did hit and run. But if we kill someone for killing our loved ones, then we're guilty of the same crime and must pay for it with our lives. Rationally, we must do what's best for us and revenge is not.

We waste our time, energy, and emotional planning and executing revenge that might backfire to us. Emotionally, sometimes we are so angry, so mad, that we can't let it go and want to lash out. I think the best way to handle the situation is to have someone who are more cool headed and rational to talk us out of it if we're so hell bent on revenge.

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