Comment by nandomrumber

This was worth reading, thank you.

The line between good and evil runs straight down the centre of every human heart.

And dogs / wolves too, and definitely many / all cetaceans, because they are also cursed with the ability to be deeply affected by the presence, and absence / loss, of those they form bonds with. And that drives us all to be prepared to kill, or at least encourage others to, not out or physical necessity (nutrition) but retribution.

I’ve always considered the criminal justice system to be a euphemism for the codified retribution system.

We live in an unjust realm. All we can ever hope for is something approximating an appropriate level of retribution.

And it is a would appear as fact that that not infrequently rises to the level of not just genocide as we are familiar with it most recently, but proper extermination.