Revenge

Revenge is a humanly understandable and justified desire. If you are considering revenge, do it this way:

Delay your revenge until such time that you can consider things coolly and wisely. This cannot be achieved when you are overcome by emotions.

Civilized society dictates that personal revenge must warrant criminal punishment, and is therefore handled by law enforcement authorities, courts of law, and prisons. For this reason, it is advisable for anyone seeking revenge, to involve the authorities and put the legal system to work in this matter.

Taking revenge into your own hands might have detrimental consequences first and foremost for you, and might also be considered as criminal and therefore punishable.

Some deeds are so severe and extreme, that no revenge seems sufficient enough to satisfy the need for revenge. In these cases, rehabilitation is the best suitable revenge, but they must go hand in hand with any required criminal procedures and punishment.

Even if some acts deserve revenge and you are in a position to retaliate, try to avoid doing so as it yields no practical benefit other then satisfying your anger. Moreover, such retaliations might lead to a vicious circle of actions and reactions.

If in spite of the above, if a person decides to retaliate for wrongs affecting them or their dearest's, revenge should be kept to the minimum possible. It is our moral and legal duty to avoid taking to the law into our hands. Let the official authorities deal with these issues.

The need to retaliate is a very difficult urge to control. Those who succeed in controlling or preventing it should be praised.