Friday, May 06, 2011

Can you imagine the uproar of Arabs or Muslims said that revenge is "most satisfying"?

"Revenge is most satisfying when there are strong reasons for exacting it, both practical and emotional.  “Revenge evolved as a deterrent, to impose a cost on people who threaten a community and to reach into the heads of others who may be contemplating similar behavior,” said Michael McCullough, a psychologist at the University of Miami and author of “Beyond Revenge: The Evolution of the Forgiveness Instinct” (Jossey-Bass, 2008). “In that sense it is a very natural response.”