Oh, yes. I do believe in revenge. I do not think that anyone should be able to go around thinking that they can just do whatever they want without any consequences. However, I do believe that the revenge should only be equal in magnitude to the transgression. An eye for an eye, so to speak. Revenge may come in the form of the law or in a personal exchange. I think that letting the law handle it is the wisest course of action. That way the person seeking the revenge is not punished for trying to even the score. I think that revenge is only justified in the more extreme cases. For instance the theft of a hair band does not justify revenge. However, cheating and remarrying deserves some sort of repercussion though not to the extent that Medea enacted it. She was a bit extreme.
Revenge is beneficial only to the person that was wronged in the first place. In many cases it actually does harm to people that had nothing to do with the transgression in the first place. It feels good to the person who is enacting the revenge, but generally no to anyone else.
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