An Eye For An Eye

Sometimes we re too soft.

An eye for an eye. An eye for an eye r 1h 46min action adventure crime 14 august 1981 usa a sfpd undercover narcotics cop aims to avenge his partner s death and destroy a drug smuggling ring operated by the chinese triads. The intent behind the principle was to restrict compensation to the value of the loss. Common people say an eye for an eye to mean a system of justice in which the punishment for a crime is either the same as the crime or equivalent to it. An eye for an eye.

An eye for an eye or the law of retaliation is the principle that 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 value of the injury in compensation. Human justice tends to over punish or under punish. An eye for an eye.

An eye for an eye. That s true not only in our courts but also in our families our workplaces and even in our personal relationships. Sometimes we re too harsh. I don t believe in that kind of eye for an eye justice.