In this world, those that are of the non-privileged class, are often susceptible to suffering from injustice, unprovoked violence, unfairness, intolerance, and hate. After all, in a construct in which the privileged class have all sorts of rights provided just for them, seemingly forever, then those of that privileged class that are especially hateful, bigoted, or vindictive, are prone to striking out especially against those that do not have a good defense against them; and of which, the consequences for that privileged class for having done those bad deeds, does not often reflect any aspect of equal justice, under the law.
Those that have been abused and unjustly treated, would seem to be absolutely justified in striking back against their oppressors, and to a large extent, to do so, by any means so possible, which would seem to be on the surface, the most logical and appropriate thing to do. Yet, further thoughtful contemplation, would sensibly indicate to us, that one bad act, responded with an in-kind bad act, isn’t going to be the type of response, that will ever bring a successful and lasting resolution to such injustice. In other words, as it has been said, two wrongs do not make a right; and because two wrongs do not make a right, this thus indicates that the best response to that which is wrong, is to thereby do what is right.
Those that are violent, are often prone to such, in order to prove to themselves that they are superior to the other; and characteristically, such violence comes about because of that violent person’s own fears, wavering self-image, and their unrestrained anger; of which, the overriding purpose of that violence is for that violent person, to get their way. The unresolved problem though for those that commit violent acts is that no matter how often that they do so, or how successful such initially appears to be; that very act of violence, almost never successfully resolves over the long term the underlying reason for that violence. That is to say, those that hate one thing, or fear another thing; will so find, that the same sort of hate and the same sort of fear, will keep coming back to haunt them, time and time again, because what really troubles them, is on the inside, and therefore the real battle that they therefore need to fight, is within their own being, and nowhere else.
It can indeed be a very difficult thing to not strike back against injustice, hate, and violence; but to do so, typically means to leave the moral high ground, so as to engage in something that will bring the respondent down to the lower level of that which is troubling them. The best response, then, is to maintain one’s balance and nerve by staying focused in the sure knowledge that the fires of hatred, will eventually burn itself out, if we do not add fuel to that fire, by our own hate. So then, to break that endless cycle of man’s inhumanity to man, we must ourselves have the courage to stand firm on the principle that love of neighbor as our own self, is the right way, and an eye for an eye, is not.