Posted by Nicholas Stix
Vengeance as an Adaptation
By Ex-Army
“Vengeance is mine,” sayeth the Lord. Well and good. I can see how that notion might initially appeal to people tired of blood feuds, but it’s a sort of dysgenic way to think. Put simply, a group that routinely foregoes vengeance finds itself constantly decimated by groups that don’t, and eventually vanishes. That’s not to say that you should never forego vengeance, just that it’s a bad general principle. Vito Corleone didn't really forego vengeance, you know….
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