Friday, February 12, 2010

Sweet Revenge...or Going Too Far

So we've all heard the tales. Someone cheated, someone hurt somebody else, and that someone that got hurt did something to get revenge. Run over cheating and abusive husbands. Confront the other women. I have read where a lot of heart broken women sold gifts from cheating boyfriends on ebay. And instead of keeping the cash they made, they opted to donate it to charity. No too bad huh?

I'm sure you have also heard the story of the 4 women that found out they were all messing with the same guy and he was cheating on them all. So they lured him to a hotel room and taped his genitals to his stomach. The women were arrested and face criminal charges I believe. Revenge, or did they go too far?

And surely everyone has heard of the woman that cut off her husband's genitals. She cut off her husband's genitals because she said he abused and raped her. And we have all seen episodes of Snapped. A story of the punching bag punching back.

So all of these examples beg the question of when enough is enough. Is it over kill to burn your boyfriends closed because he cheated? Is it over kill to finally snap? Is revenge even necessary?

Regardless of what you think, I think these issues sometimes bring attention to what is lacking in our justice system. If more women know about various options and if there were more shelters, maybe more women would be empowered to leave bad relationships, marriages, etc. I also think some people don't understand how relationships works. I am currently reading a book on relationship principles. I think these types of instances come from a number of issues.

Just a little food for thought.....

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