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Revenge might taste good at first, at least before you realize that you just gave him exactly what he wanted.
I prefer a longer view.
"We must never forget that the record on which we judge these defendants is the record on which history will judge us tomorrow. To pass these defendants a poisoned chalice is to put it to our lips as well."
As to torturing and killing a man, I too have my fantasies. But when I consider how it would affect me as a human being, what it would do to me to actually follow through, the memories I would have to live with for a lifetime, I think I'll pass.
I'd rather go to my grave knowing that I never set out to to cause another man to suffer and die to satisfy my blood lust, however understandable the desire.
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