[Protagoras]

I hope he needs help and someone refuses to call.

I agree. One bad turn deserves another, and always return evil for evil.

Just remember, when you fight fire with fire, the main thing you get is a bigger blaze.

[No Blue States]

Point taken.

His lesson would have come w/o me hoping it on him.

[Mad Dawg]

Just remember, when you fight fire with fire, the main thing you get is a bigger blaze.

Well, isn't that kind of like "an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind"? That never made sense to me. It seems to me, worst case, it would make the whole world one-eyed.

Not that I'm in favor of taking vengeance, but a well-started back fire will put out a fire. The metaphor doesn't work.

The promise (threat? observation?) of dying by the sword is not in itself a condemnation of ALL those who take up arms to defend their loved ones or even to punish wrong-doers. In a fallen world backfires and legally mediated punishment (note: NOT necessarily vengeance) sometimes are duties.

/pompous rant off