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A few questions for you.

If someone's existence or action is so reprehensible as to require a form of vengeance, is it then 'right' to act against them? Does one evil act justify another?

Furthermore, does any act justify murder in the name of what's 'right'? (Assume our example is in a place where death actually has normal consequences.)

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Then 'evil' varies from person to person.

Murder is not a punishment for anything but the killer, assuming they feel it is wrong. Punishment is something one learns from. Is the sacrifice of your own 'goodness' to become 'evil' a sacrifice you're willing to make, if your goal is nothing more than to soothe the need for revenge?

Edited 2013-11-14 06:48 (UTC)

Assume that sacrifice was already made by the individual looking to deal their brand of judgment. Does it still matter, or would that act be nothing more than another karmic strike against them?

Karma is meaningless. The opinions of others as to the rightness or wrongness are also meaningless. The only one who will have to live with their actions after they act is themselves. If this is a thing that can be sacrificed and lived with comfortably, then the answer is there already:

Strike, and be clean and quick, for anything less leaves room for retaliation or escape.

So essentially, 'get it over with and hope you can deal with the consequences'.

If this assumed individual has already acted thus before, then it seems reasonable that they managed the consequences fairly well and will do so again.

If this is not a hypothetical question at all, then I suspect the decision is already made, and reassurance that it's the right decision is all that remains.

Nothing's been decided. Even if it was, reassurance isn't the kind of thing I'd look for from half the Tower.

There seem to be a lot of retributionary sorts lurking about. If one wishes motivation towards bloodshed it seems half the Tower is very suited after all.

I wish I could be of more assistance, but in the end you are your own judge. Your own good and your own evil.

Edited (lost a consonant.) 2013-11-14 07:21 (UTC)

It's always living with oneself that's the real pain after things like this, I imagine.

That's why it's good to ask, "Is it worth it?" I hope you find the answer you're looking for.

Pretty sure I'm screwed no matter what, but I appreciate the concern.

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☿ // 006; [anonymous text]

[still pretty careful anon]

[really less careful than he should be anon]

[practicing this anon thing]

[i'm out of amusing subject lines already]

[still anon. I can go all night]

[does that mean the grand fonic hymn is just a translated 'get lucky']

[the fonic hymn is Yulia's, notice how short it is compared to the Score]

[shhhhh details]

[the devil's in the details!]

[then someone should get him out of there it might be uncomfortable]