Godric@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 day agoFinally an explanationlemmy.worldimagemessage-square211linkfedilinkarrow-up1759arrow-down139cross-posted to: politicalmemes@lemmy.world
arrow-up1720arrow-down1imageFinally an explanationlemmy.worldGodric@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square211linkfedilinkcross-posted to: politicalmemes@lemmy.world
minus-squareFolstar@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down3·10 hours ago“An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.” -Gandhi
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·6 hours 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.
minus-squareHonytawk@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down4·10 hours 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-up8·9 hours agoIt turns out there are more than zero options between “do nothing” and “become what you hate”. Many in fact.
“An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.” -Gandhi
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.
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.