TauriWarrior@lemmy.worldtoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•What's a quote that has stuck with you for your whole life?
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2 years agoExcept it doesn’t, “the eye for an eye” is a restriction on the amount of revenge.
“…a person who has injured another person is to be penalized to a similar degree by the injured party. In softer interpretations, it means the victim receives the [estimated] value of the injury in compensation. The intent behind the principle was to restrict compensation to the value of the loss.”
Except if you read it the Discover Together feature is opt-out