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This article is about the principle of retributive justice. For other uses, see Mirror punishment, Eye for an eye (disambiguation), and Lex talionis (disambiguation).
“An eye for an eye” (Biblical Hebrew: עַיִן תַּחַת עַיִן, Ain takhat ain)[a] is a commandment found in the Book of Exodus 21:23–27 expressing the principle of reciprocal justice measure for measure. The earliest known use of the principle appears in the Code of Hammurabi, which predates the Hebrew Bible.[1]
In Roman civilization, the law of retaliation (Latin: lex talionis)[2] bears the same principle that a person who has injured another person is to be penalized to a similar degree by the injured party. In softer interpretations, it means the victim receives the [estimated] value of the injury in compensation.[3] The intent behind the principle was to restrict compensation to the value of the loss.[2]
We suggest dropping all weapons, start working the fields and get back into shape,
by breeding cows, and birds, and pigs, and fish, as usual.
STOP the F..ING NONSENSE, and leave the insects alone.
They are fodder for other animals, other than humans.