Revenge or vengeance consists primarily of retaliation against a person or group in response to perceived wrongdoing. Although many aspects of revenge resemble or echo the concept of justice, revenge usually has a more injurious than harmonious goal. The vengeful wish consists of forcing the perceived wrongdoer to suffer the same pain that they inflicted in the first place, or of making sure that the wrongdoer can never inflict such an injury upon anyone else.

Revenge is a hotly contested ethical issue in philosophy.

Some feel that, at the very least, the threat of revenge is necessary to maintain a just society. In some societies, it is believed that the injury inflicted in revenge should be greater than the original one, as a punitive measure. The Old Testament philosophy of "an eye for an eye" (cf. Exodus 21:24) tried to limit the allowed damage, in order to avoid a vendetta or series of violent acts that could spiral out of control -- instead of 'ten-fold' vengeance, there would be a simple 'equality of suffering'. Detractors argue that revenge is a simple logical fallacy, of the same design as "two wrongs make a right." Some Christians interpret Paul's "Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord" (Romans 12:19, King James Version) to mean that only God has the moral right to exact revenge. Indeed, every major religious system contains some method for the mediation of disputes and for the limitation of vengeance by imputing a sense of cosmic justice to replace the often faulty justice systems of the world of men.

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@sutherlandl Grease 2; Jaws 4 The Revenge or, the worst film ever made in the history of the world ever, A.I.
EasyMungo (EasyMungo) Sat, 12 Dec 2009 10:03:47 -0000
@sutherlandl Grease 2; Jaws 4 The Revenge or, the worst film ever made in the history of the world ever, A.I.
watching jaws the revenge. when i was a kid in the 80's saw this in 3D and took the glasses off every time the water came on.
JustQ123 (Justine ‡) Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:46:43 -0000
watching jaws the revenge. when i was a kid in the 80's saw this in 3D and took the glasses off every time the water came on.
@meganlibrarian maybe he'll be a better actor when he gets fat? Or does he have to do Jaws: The Revenge first?
equilibriumgirl (equilibriumgirl) Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:25:33 -0000
@meganlibrarian maybe he'll be a better actor when he gets fat? Or does he have to do Jaws: The Revenge first?
Saw Mario Van Peebles at Chipotle. I wish I discussed my love for JAWS: THE REVENGE and SOLO. Two great classic films.
SultanSarcasm (Sultan of Sarcasm) Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:17:25 -0000
Saw Mario Van Peebles at Chipotle. I wish I discussed my love for JAWS: THE REVENGE and SOLO. Two great classic films.
@raincoaster Orca was with Richard Harris! Same deal: how did that happen?? Caine was in Jaws: The Revenge in '87, I think.
Clippernolan (Rob Jones) Tue, 08 Dec 2009 05:42:28 -0000
@raincoaster Orca was with Richard Harris! Same deal: how did that happen?? Caine was in Jaws: The Revenge in '87, I think.
Tweet-Size Horror: Jaws: The Revenge (1987) http://MacGuffinPodcast.com/lf1
macguffincast (MacGuffin Podcast) Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:21:53 -0000
Tweet-Size Horror: Jaws: The Revenge (1987) http://MacGuffinPodcast.com/lf1

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