Revenge

kevincarter · Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 6:49 am Post subject: Revenge

This Christmas I listened to an amazing conversation, it was from one of my relatives from Argentina. The story is as follows. This guy is a self made man, self employed, strong work ethic, has worked hard his all his life... you get the picture. So he gets married and puts all his life savings into buying a nice apartment very well located, since he had worked and saved for a long time he can pay off the house in only two years, once the last payment is made he finds out he's been ripped off, the house does not belong to him and he can't get the money back, the guy who sold it to him just ripped him off. He is mad, you can imagine, but this is Argentina in the 70's and there is a military government, so he goes to see a friend from his childhood who works for a general. The friend sees no problem at all: "we arrest and torture him untill he gives you your money back and then we make him dissapear, we do it all the time dude". My relative and his wife both freak out in his office but try to look calm.

So what would you choose? If you knew you had this options, what'd you do? Get your money back knowing that there'll be no legal consecuences for you? Forget it?

They choose to forget it and went the legal way, they could only get 25% of their money back. Didn't want to have to deal with a death all his life they say.

But if you ask me... The only reason I wouldn't do it is for not owing anything to this guys. As far as any morals are concerned, if you f*** me...
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Cloud9 · Light Sweet Crude Joined: Jul 26, 2006 Posts: 1043

Revenge is usually not worth the cost.

wisconsin_cur · Moderator Joined: May 10, 2007 Posts: 2999

It also assumes a closed universe without any unforeseen consequences. If, at some later date, the secret files are opened and the finger points to you, for example.

The universe is not a closed system and we cannot foresee all of the consequences of our actions. All the more reason to be conservative in the best sense of that word.
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Ferretlover · Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 11:47 am Post subject: Re: Revenge

"Revenge is a dish best served cold."
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Concerned · Light Sweet Crude Joined: Sep 23, 2004 Posts: 1537

I would want to get my money back. The scum that will fleece the life savings of another person get no sympathy for me. (That goes for all the multi million dollar CEO's pretending to "add value") it appears with the current financial market fiasco and Peak Oil headed our way that some day in the not to distant future heads may roll.

And why would you call getting your entire life savings back revenge? If I stole something off you, got caught, you get your stuff back and I go to goal and get butt raped is that revenge? I don't think so.
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mos6507 · Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 4:08 pm Post subject: Re: Revenge

americandream · Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 4:51 pm Post subject: Re: Revenge

I reserve my perspective for the system we have created, not those within who are confined by its limits, no matter how loathsome they are.
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Ferretlover · Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 4:00 pm Post subject: Re: Revenge

Blacksmith · Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 6:23 pm Post subject: Re: Revenge

I'm for the hot poker up the ass.
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