• Neuromancer
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    9 months ago

    Eye for an eye is a misunderstood quote.

    It actually means tolerance.

    It means you can only take what was taken from you.

    The Middle East has always had an issue with being barbaric. It was intent to mellow it out.

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      Get this racist bullshit outta here, the middle east is literally one of the cradles of civilization and throughout its history has been a place of tolerance and learning, the barbarity overwhelmingly comes from the outside

      You’re also using an example of one of the earliest law codes we know to show barbarity, fucking unreal

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        9 months ago

        The exact opposite before the law, if a family member was killed, the other tribe may go kill the whole family.

        That is what eye for an eye is about. Tolerance.

        Maybe you should brush up on your history. Blood feuds are still on going In the Middle East.

        It’s like communism. It’s brutal for the sake of being brutal