Would you kill to protect someone you love? Would you kill to protect yourself? Would you spend the rest of your life planning revenge on someone who tried to destroy you?
Interesting questions that have no simple answers. I think most people would answer ‘Yes’ to the first two questions. If someone is coming at you with a knife and you have a gun in your hand, it would be stupid not to pull the trigger. Well if you get frozen due to fear and are unable to do it, that’s just too bad. However, I would hope that for most of us, our primal survival instincts will not let that happen.
Now the 3rd question is very different. It has nothing to do with self defense. It involves carefully planning the destruction of someone who did the same to you in the past.
We have all been wronged. For most of us this includes relatively minor incidents such as the teacher who was partial to another student, the cheating boyfriend/girlfriend, the boss who overlooked our efforts and promoted someone else. We usually crib, vent, maybe get a little drunk and move on. But what if it is something bigger? A co-worker gets caught for stealing confidential information and puts the blame on you. Your business partner commits fraud and vanishes with all your money. You get framed for murder.
Do we all have a breaking point after which nothing else matters except getting back at the people who wronged us?
Good questions, all. To answer your closing statement, if you have a strong stomach, I would recommend watching a korean movie called 'Oldboy'. The movie is a gripping thriller which deals with intricate revenge, delivered after many years. It may be too much for delicate souls though. :)
ReplyDeleteKudos on the blog and the regular posts Rach! To this latest one i think the breaking point depends on yr value system. Ultimately i believe values maketh a man!
ReplyDelete@kali - an old korean movie huh... know any in english?? :) its sounds interesting tho... maybe they remade it in english...
ReplyDelete@ro - well said! our value system does play a part in how we deal with such situations... but maybe there are extreme situations where inspite of having a good value system, we would crack and want to hit back...lets hope we never have to find out ;-)
If you have been wronged, you must make it right. Nature or God or whatever meant you to balance the scales wherever necessary.
ReplyDeleteIf you are unable to forget the incident and it keeps building up like poison inside you, then you have to remove the poison isn't it? Methinx all depends on how strongly you were wronged and its impact on you. Intricate planning may not be everyone's cup of tea but hell hath no fury like one scorned eh