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DIE ON THIS HILL
philosophy

Revenge can be morally justified

This hill is unclaimed. Nobody is willing to die on it. Yet. First blood pending.

  • Pay, and you hold it.
  • Anyone can dethrone you for more.
  • Every claim stays on the record.

No claims on the record.

The other side

The person who takes revenge spends a portion of a life administering pain, and the debt never closes. Blood feuds run on exactly this logic. Each side remembers a fresher wound, so the ledger reopens onto children who did nothing. Courts exist because a wronged party makes a poor judge of proportion. Anger fades. What was done in its name stays done.

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