Revenge? A question.

chic said:
There is a favorite saying that revenge is a dish best served cold. IE. - unexpectedly and maybe when the person is least able to cope with this karma, if you will. I believe this is possible but what of those of us who react quickly to pain and someone doing us serious wrong? Some don't want to wait and I get it. Wouldn't you just like to lash out and maybe knock 'em out cold? What are your thoughts on this. :unsure:
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Yes. But I'm interpreting "pain and someone doing [me] serious wrong" as an assault, something violent or dangerous, something devastating. In that situation, it's time for instant Karma.

But I wouldn't knock someone out cold for eating the last piece of cake or cutting me off in traffic.
 
Lee said:
Well, I'm with the Captain on this. Who has not put a paper bag full of dog poop on someone's doorstep?
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When I was a kid I hung around with a group of other neighbour kids. One Halloween one neighbour didn’t put out candy so the group of kids I hung out with did just that. I wasn’t actually the one to do it
 

Sure, I've thought about revenge, but I've never acted on it. I don't want the need to exact revenge to consume me. No good would come of it. There are a few people I'd definitely like to cold-cock, no doubt about it. I don't have to do anything to get back at them except wait. They're horrible people, and sooner or later something or someone will eventually catch up with them and give them what's coming to them, but it isn't going to be me. While I wouldn't retaliate, I don't mind being around to witness it. dirol
 
When somebody does me wrong, I usually get mad at myself for not handling the situation adequately. I have the ability to handle most situations and come out on top, but there have been times when I let myself down and didn't do what I should have done or was unable to defend myself. I sometimes ruminate about those times in my life, which is not healthy, and even though I know that, it's hard to stop beating myself up.

So, yeah, I daydream about getting revenge, even though I know I never will.

One fact of life is that the world is full of a-holes. Sometimes you have to work with them, sometimes you're related to them, sometimes they get elected to our government, sometimes they're your parents...

Sometimes we're the a-holes. I've done a few things in my younger days that I'm not proud of and that I regret. I didn't want to be the "weak member of the herd," so to speak, and be picked off by the wolves, so I made other people look weaker. It was a matter of survival.
 
chic said:
I believe this is possible but what of those of us who react quickly to pain and someone doing us serious wrong? Some don't want to wait and I get it. Wouldn't you just like to lash out and maybe knock 'em out cold? What are your thoughts on this. :unsure:
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I'm confused. What do you mean by pain and serious wrong? Are you speaking of a physical attack?
 
I'm more likely to say my piece, flounce off muttering expletives and then, the next day, wake up and move on. The thing with revenge is that you end up wasting even more time and energy on someone who, you've probably already wasted too much time on.
 
chic said:
There is a favorite saying that revenge is a dish best served cold. IE. - unexpectedly and maybe when the person is least able to cope with this karma, if you will. I believe this is possible but what of those of us who react quickly to pain and someone doing us serious wrong? Some don't want to wait and I get it. Wouldn't you just like to lash out and maybe knock 'em out cold? What are your thoughts on this. :unsure:
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That's why it's not a good idea to go around armed with a firearm. You might do something you regret in the heat of the moment and wind up in prison as a result.
 
I will not lie, there have been times/people that deserved revenge but it is not my place to hand it out. It will come to them by their own actions in a horrible way. These people will not understand what is happening and that their behavior has consequences no matter the passage of time.
 
SeniorBen said:
That's why it's not a good idea to go around armed with a firearm. You might do something you regret in the heat of the moment and wind up in prison as a result.
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Depends on the intelligence level & self control of the person armed with a firearm.
Armed people with common sense know they will be in big trouble if they lose their temper. Most will go out of their way to avoid trouble.
 
I left a job that I'd given 30 days notice, but they were having a drawing, but excluded me. So I left a week early. They sent my last W-4 form to old address.

Because I'd made good friends of the apt manager, she checked my mail and forwarded it to me. I reciprocated with flowers and then took revenge on the company miscreant.

I simply mailed him a postcard, thanking him for a fantastic weekend of buggery and hoped he would be ready for another weekend in a few months.

I'm fairly sure the receptionist and others had a week of gossip that was as juicy as a cluster of grapes. No, I'm not, nor was he, but the gossips didn't care I'll bet.

That was my last revenge.
 
Gaer said:
It's always been my way to let their own karma reflect to them whatever is deserved.
It's a complete waste of energy to even think about the behaviors of others.
Just let the situation come and handle it naturally and innocently.

I feel the anger but dismiss it from my mind as quickly as possible.
Why should I add to the disharmony when I can just give it to the multiverse?
let the "big guys " handle it! They've got my back!
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Don't we all have a responsibility to each other? Surely by dismissing bad behaviour and letting karma takes its course (hopefully), we are not doing the criminal any favours? This is why bad behaviour in children needs to be dealt with immediately; they need to be taught right from wrong, otherwise they will move on to more serious crime.
 
How about if it is a family member who has been mistreated? Never mind about me. My younger brother was threatened with a knife by a bully in school long ago. I was ready to go after this little shit however I could. However, my parents calmed me down. They put in a police report and a restraining order. Revenge is totally acceptable if someone hurts someone in my family. I just have to make sure I get away with it.
 
Happy Retiree said:
How about if it is a family member who has been mistreated? Never mind about me. My younger brother was threatened with a knife by a bully in school long ago. I was ready to go after this little shit however I could. However, my parents calmed me down. They put in a police report and a restraining order. Revenge is totally acceptable if someone hurts someone in my family. I just have to make sure I get away with it.
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Oh, that's a different level. If it's a threat of violence, understandably emotions are stronger. I think your parents dealt with it remarkably well.
 
Not sure of this "Karma" business, but I have known of a few cases of "poetic justice".
Way back in my teens when I and my mates rode motorbikes, one motorbike cop kept harassing us. We were growing sick of this and stared wondering what we could do to stop him. However, he got off lightly. Shortly afterwards, he was showing off, ran over his foot and the bike fell on him. He became a bit of a laughing stock and every time we saw him (on foot), we gave him a load of verbal abuse, and he ignored us after that.

A rather more drastic one happened near my home in Hampshire. One minibus driver was notorious for racing to get home, cutting up other drivers and pushing his way in. One day, some 14 year old kid decided to pinch his mother's Range Rover and take his mates for a drive down the motorway. At one point he lost control, crossed the central reservation and hit the said minibus and killed the driver. Karma ??
 
I’ve mellowed a lot, used to be much more vengeful, now I don’t care, if somebody is nasty, depending which mood I’m in, I either humour them or ignore them
 
Capt Lightning said:
Not sure of this "Karma" business, but I have known of a few cases of "poetic justice".
Way back in my teens when I and my mates rode motorbikes, one motorbike cop kept harassing us. We were growing sick of this and stared wondering what we could do to stop him. However, he got off lightly. Shortly afterwards, he was showing off, ran over his foot and the bike fell on him. He became a bit of a laughing stock and every time we saw him (on foot), we gave him a load of verbal abuse, and he ignored us after that.

A rather more drastic one happened near my home in Hampshire. One minibus driver was notorious for racing to get home, cutting up other drivers and pushing his way in. One day, some 14 year old kid decided to pinch his mother's Range Rover and take his mates for a drive down the motorway. At one point he lost control, crossed the central reservation and hit the said minibus and killed the driver. Karma ??
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Oh no, I wouldn't have said that was Karma.. not if the bus driver hadn't caused anyone any actual harm by his impatient driving...
 

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