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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

  • conflicts
  • social neglect
  • personal grief

Putting it to work

  • demanding accountability
  • raising awareness
  • seeking justice

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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