Reply #29: Life in prison with no parole. [View All]

Emotional reactions to horrendous loss and suffering can't be the base for a society. We need something better than that, and real strength comes from a firm foundation in true morality.

Getting revenge is not moral. Check the "Good Book(s)." If a civilization doesn't aspire to a higher and better world you're headed back into the lower depths. Might as well check it in.

Revenge is dirty. Revenge is ultimately "all about me," while justice is concerned with the well-being of the entire community.
It's more mature, more intelligent.

Revenge is cheap, and wrong. It never really changes the problem. It's an indulgence of a wish for immediate satisfaction, which comes from WEAK PERSONALITIES. Why encourage people to be infantile? Real life demands we all grow up, and accept the inevitable changes, and recognize you actually do not control your life. That's strength. Anything less is failure.

People who lament about wanting the state to kill people for them so they'll feel safer are unbalanced, are not strong psychologically, nor spiritually. The only way you become strong is to actually deal with the hardships in your life.