'Eye for eye. Tooth for tooth. You all know what I mean. What's the point in a cry for help if no one hears the scream?' - from 'No Voices in the Sky'
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Reprisal seems pointless when there's no response to suffering.
- In plain terms
- Why seek justice if help goes unheard?
- What can you take from it?
- Justice requires attention to pain.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you seek justice?
- When is silence the real issue?
Another view
Sometimes retaliation does bring change or closure.
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