When You Suffer An Injustice***How Do You Respond
- Rick Marlow
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Do You Turn The Other Cheek or Do You Seek Revenge?
84- Justine76
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I turn the other cheek. soemetimes its hard,(like, family?) and when I suffer injustice after injustice at the hands of the smame person, I think..its thier loss...and I walk away...
when I love soemone. I love them(not necissarily romantic love) thats it. They cant make me unlove them. I might not trust them, I might not got to them for help, but if they need me, im here.It depends on the injustice.
If it's something I know I will have no control over, I let it go. If it's something I do have control over yet it would be rendered pointless to the transgressor, I turn the other cheek. He will eventually reap what he sows, or better, he learns from his error and changes his ways.
If the transgressor consistently and willingly continues his injustice without any intention to change and enjoys my suffering from it, I kick his ass.
95- earnestshub
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I do not seek revenge. I deal with it when it happens. If I lose, I cop it OK.
88- Cagsil
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Injustice?
I move on.It all depends. Currently I am in a situation where I have suffered one injustice after another, but I can not walk away or stop fighting. Unfortunately, there is nothing to do but keep pulling every possible string and hoping the justice system will one day live up to its name. Revenge would lead to prison, though I can't pretend I don't wish his heart would just explode or something.
91- prettydarkhorse
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Rick Marlow wrote:
Do You Turn The Other Cheek or Do You Seek Revenge?
I will seek the proper forum to address it, and let the people pay for it, hoping it will givwe them a lesson and wouldnt do it to anybody.....
93- breakfastpop
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I don't turn the other cheek and I don't seek revenge. I do, however, try to meet the problem head on and correct it. If I am dealing with a maniac who can't listen to reason then I let it go, along with the person who caused the problem in the first place. Life is too precious to waste on insanity.
88- Sarra Garrett
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It's not worth your time or energy to seek revenge for an injustice. Life is too short, keep quiet and walk the other way. Karma will take care of the problem.
Rick Marlow wrote:
Do You Turn The Other Cheek or Do You Seek Revenge?
well, revenge is a strong word, in seeking revenge one comes close to being on the same level and do 2 wrongs make a right? I would say I don't seek revenge, but more set out to right the wrong against me in a reasonable fashion. Just walking away and turning the other cheek is why this country is in such horrible shape, people should speak up for themselves, but in a less angry way
Complain to my husband and move on. By venting I can see how silly the situation is or come up with a proactive solution for 'next time.'
80- repstrydiefly
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I try to turn the other cheek, or seek revenge through words without really putting people down. I don't believe in organized religion but I do believe that you should treat people like you would want to be treated. Anyway karma is real and like the moon whenever they wane it will still rotate back around to get waxed. That's some food for thought.
51- VENUGOPAL SIVAGNA
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I will analyse what went wrong with me... Am I responsible for the injustice?... If I think I was clean and it was injustice, I will respond by engaging four steps as per Hindu tradition.
(Sama, Bedha, Dhana, and Dhanda) Make peace, divide the opponents, bribe the opponents and punish the culprits.
93- Lita Sorensen
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I don't do either...seek revenge or turn the other cheek. I try to change the situation, if it can be done. Regardless of that, I seek to use anything or see anything in a positive way--ie, what can I learn, what can be gained from the situation.
73- NewHorizons
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Rick Marlow wrote:
Do You Turn The Other Cheek or Do You Seek Revenge?
Some time ago I was walking with my brother and we met a man who nodded to us and I saluted back. My brother looked at me surprised and said,"Do you still talk to that man?" And I said, "Well yes, why not?" My brother grew serious and replied,"Have you forgotten the harm and the worry he has caused you, you told me so yourself, once." And I said, "Oh, I have forgotten all about it".
This is the way I usually react when people do me wrong. Forgive and forget, that's my motto. And this in my opinion is a primary ingredient for a peaceful and healthy existence.
Negative thoughts which bring me 'down' and make me sour have no place in my mind and heart - - or at least I strive to clear them away.Toward injustice I see no revenge. I don't see how this word applies.
When someone close to me was the victim of a corrupted justice system I and others organized and stood up to the police and district attorney..
When I saw a program at a college campus committing acts of fraud I spoke at the academic senate and district council meetings and met with local media.
When my supervisor tried to write me up over nonsense because she wished to threaten my job I let her know, professionally, what my opinion of her views were. I didn't get written up.
I do my best to know what is technically legal and illegal while letting my own sense of judgment then work with and between the two.
I wish more people actively did so, at least in a socially beneficial way....
82- cmlindblom
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i think you all need to see the movie law obiding citizen it shows the most rediculous way to deal with it... great movie though
82- Brenda Durham
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Rick Marlow wrote:
Do You Turn The Other Cheek or Do You Seek Revenge?
This is a difficult one to explain.
I don't seek revenge. That belongs to the Lord.
But there are two different interpretations of "turning the other cheek".
It can mean simply not taking vengeance.
I think it's totally possible to turn the other cheek while still seeking and/or demanding justice, not revenge.Rick Marlow wrote:
Do You Turn The Other Cheek or Do You Seek Revenge?
Neither one. I deal with it head on in a way appropriate to the injustice. Then let it go.
98- Mark Knowles
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Brenda Durham wrote:
I think it's totally possible to turn the other cheek while still seeking and/or demanding justice, not revenge.LOL
Interesting how jeebus meant "keep fighting," when he said "turn the other cheek." LOLOLOL
