tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595421762878644280.post4390719475332414325..comments2023-10-22T08:04:05.400-05:00Comments on Scorchin' Torah and Strange Thoughts: Quote for the Day: Cruel to be Merciful?Ravavihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06927095462705375633noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595421762878644280.post-32264496923853859512014-07-28T16:12:02.527-05:002014-07-28T16:12:02.527-05:00I see no complexity hear and much relevance to wha...I see no complexity hear and much relevance to what is going on in Gaza, where one of the Hammas terrorists planning the missile attacks had been treated in an Israeli hospitalAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13415646513964931503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595421762878644280.post-71686363865049976952010-09-02T11:00:44.970-05:002010-09-02T11:00:44.970-05:00I think the quote should not be viewed as "If...I think the quote should not be viewed as "If a person is merciful to the cruel then one day in another circumstance he will be cruel to the merciful" but rather as "the very action of mercy towards those who were cruel to others is cruely to those who were victimized by the cruel persons actions" if that makes any sense.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595421762878644280.post-82945523801283721012009-04-03T15:11:00.000-05:002009-04-03T15:11:00.000-05:00The point is true, but requires elaboration.One ca...The point is true, but requires elaboration.<BR/><BR/>One cannot be merciful to those who deserve no mercy -- a serial killer should not be freed as an act of mercy so that he can kill again.<BR/><BR/>Yet, on he other hand, one must not impose a death sentence on the person guilty of jaywalking.<BR/><BR/>The challenge is in situations that are not as extreme as these to determine when mercy is warranted or not.<BR/><BR/>Should a person who committed assault be treated as one who killed, because assault can kill?<BR/><BR/>And, in the case of politically motivated violence, how does one factor that motivation into the equation?<BR/><BR/>Does George Washington deserve to be condemned because he led a violent movement against the lawfully established government under which he lived and was a member?<BR/><BR/>These are all difficult problems.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com