Revenge
To exact punishment or expiation for a wrong on behalf of, especially in a resentful or vindictive spirit:
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/revenge
Vengeance
The act of doing something to hurt someone because that person did something that hurt you or someone else
Punishment inflicted in retaliation for an injury or offense
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vengeance
Justice
The process or result of using laws to fairly judge and punish crimes and criminals
Full Definition of justice
1. 1 a : the maintenance or administration of what is just especially by the impartial adjustment of conflicting claims or the assignment of merited rewards or punishments b : judge c : the administration of law; especially : the establishment or determination of rights according to the rules of law or equity
2. 2 a : the quality of being just, impartial, or fair b (1) : the principle or ideal of just dealing or right action (2) : conformity to this principle or ideal : righteousness c : the quality of conforming to law
3. 3 : conformity to truth, fact, or reason : correctness
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/justice
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do not speak for Council, TotJO or Jedi… these are my personal thoughts based on experience, what I have seen and what I know.
In the world of the corporeal...
When someone is reacting to something I’m sure they feel they are being just and fair (
the quality of being just, impartial, or fair) dealing right action and conforming to at least their principle or ideal. They conform to their truth and reason at the time.
I have always said that justice is just polite vengeance; or, I have also said that it was no more than more civilized revenge. The real difference, that I see, is that with justice more people are involved and supposedly acting in accordance with a set of rules that are for the benefit of fairness and our wellbeing. But I have seen the Justice system in action and I will tell you that from my experience it is a farce. A mockery of actual justice and fair play, leaving only the stinging sensation of a slap in the face by a wet leather glove.
I believe we need to have a system in place to regulate law and dispense reprisals in an orderly and just manor. But, what we have in place now I sometime wonder if the anarchist have at least some merit to their thinking and that a taste of chaos, or at least rebellion, may cause action to set things in a better direction?
Our current just system is a game where people play with the lives of others to advance their own careers, make political statements or seek federal funding and capitol gains. And has very little to do with actual justice.
Seeking revenge will ultimately hurt you. In the long run, and over time, the events that take place before, during and after will only destroy you and/or worst, those you hold dear. Vengeance can be yours if you are emotionally detached and can come to a resolution that will be viewed as just by others. But, it is always others you have to appease or the reprisals will come back to you. And your actions will be deemed out of line.
