Godric@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 4 months agoFinally an explanationlemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square274linkfedilinkarrow-up1853
arrow-up1853external-linkFinally an explanationlemmy.worldGodric@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square274linkfedilink
minus-squareFolstar@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·4 months ago“An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.” -Gandhi
minus-squareHonytawk@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·4 months 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-up11·4 months agoIt turns out there are more than zero options between “do nothing” and “become what you hate”. Many in fact.
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 months 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.
“An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.” -Gandhi
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.
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.