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Originally Posted by Roderick Usher
One of the things I love about it. I can explore the concept from various angles and dissect and really pay attention to why people behave as they do.
I understand that most people feel as you do - and I expliot that in an effort to turn it around, but people will ususally ignore any message that conflicts with their personal morality.
and as for experienceing it personally. A dear friend suffered terribly. Her father was murdered in Dallas when she was 14 years old. They caught the guy, convicted him and (being in Texas) gave him a rather speedy execution. My friend went with her mother to the execution thinking it would give them closure...
Steph still wakes up at night screaming. It ruined her marriage. The loss of her father was awful and something that can never be trivialised, but watching the execution has left her permanently scarred.
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What if she had shown forgiveness and walked away only to find out that he was released on good behavior 20 years later? Would she feel safe? I feel there is justice, or at least a semblance of it, but justice doesn't mean it will erase everything that happened. Hell, justice doesn't even mean you'll feel "all better" afterward.
One of the definitions for justice is "the administering of deserved punishment or reward" so I guess what it comes down to is determining what the deserved punishment really is.
I don't think they should remake Last House on the Left. (again) ;)