Vengeance

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  Doggerel Dave January 26th, 2023 18:54

  Doesn't set me free to know that the dickheads listed in the first half seem to be multiplying. I think I spend too much time wondering why...
  Thanks for raising the issue, Soren.

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    sorenbarrettJanuary 26th, 2023 20:46

    Thanks Dave for the read and comment. Before the Europeans settled the Americas the Iroquois had a very low crime rate and no prisons. Any crimes committed, the offenders family were responsible for and had to make reparations. There was no need for vengeance. Oh yea by the way we also stole the idea of representative democracy from them.

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    Doggerel DaveJanuary 27th, 2023 05:47

    That's a rewarding clarification, Soren. Any chance you might pin that story (either verse or prose) up here as an original contribution?

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  L. B. Mek January 27th, 2023 03:51

  an important and complex subject
  deftly handled, dear Poet
  (I'm most scared of reactionary vigilantes
  ignorantly/mistakenly
  sparking community violence n looting
  in neighbourhoods
  that exist, hinging on such
  thinly balanced tensions
  for, to such rowdy crowds
  it is but a moment of release
  yet
  they demolish, livelihoods
  and ways of lives, for so many
  needlessly)

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    sorenbarrettJanuary 27th, 2023 05:06

    Thank you L.B. for the review. Wisely said dear poet. Unfortunately institutions sometimes act as vigilantes as well, such as the media, or even government agencies. Thank you again L.B.