Long ago, back in the times of the Great Babylonians, there was a ruler named Hammurabi. Hammurabi was a very strong ruler who instituted a common law system throughout his land. This was the first time in written history that something along these lines had ever been done. Something very crucial to this written law system was the idea of an eye for an eye, which was first codified and written down in this law form. If someone stole a chicken from one persons farm, by law that person is now allowed to steal a chicken from the farm of the man who took his chicken in the fist place. And even as the saying goes, if someone stabs one persons eye out, they can by law stab their eye out in return.
Seems almost silly right? But that was long ago! We are much more civilized now a days right? Then why back at the times of the civil war was John Brown arguing for killing off all men that killed black people during slavery. Also beating all slave owners for what they did to their slaves. How does that make sense?
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