I totally agree. Turnabout's fair play; what's sent around comes back around, and it's high time the Democrats, liberals, and primitives got treated the same way they treated us.
However, problem.
Conservatives and Republicans tend to not be as vengeful, as selfish, as spiteful as Democrats, liberals, and primitives; it's just not in our natures. We'd just as soon get along, than kick ass; we'd rather placate, than smash-mouth.
So it's inevitable there's going to be some reconciliatory conduct, some forgiveness, some indulgence, some generosity--we just can't help ourselves--but we must guard against too much of it.
I think being about 5-10% magnanimous is okay so as to satisfy our natural instincts to be kind, but more than that, dangerous.
Have you ever heard of Scipio, a.k.a. Scipio Africanus?
During the Second Punic War between Rome and Carthage, before Hannibal would make his infamous march across the Alps, the Carthaginians had colonies along the southern coast of the Hispania Peninsula and had won the allegiance of many of the tribes.
Two Roman legions led by Scipio’s father and uncle were annihilated to the man by the Carthaginians and their allies. Vowing to avenge the loss Scipio was elected Consul and immediately raised and army and traveled to Hispania.
His first effort in battle saw him take a city through cunning in a near-bloodless victory. The Carthaginians were dealt with harshly but native Hispanians were spared looting and being sent off into slavery. One of the Hispanians was a young woman that was so beautiful crowds stopped whatever they were doing as she passed. Seeking her safety Scipio polled his officers for them to nominate the most religiously pious man from among their ranks. A centurion was appointed to serve as the young woman’s bodyguard. Scipio then ordered riders be sent in every direction summon the prince to whom the young woman was betrothed.
While awaiting the prince the young woman’s parents arrived bringing a considerable sum of gold. They fell at Scipio’s feet begging for his mercy to release their daughter and offering the gold as a ransom. Scipio lifted them up and assured them their daughter was safe, her honor intact and that she would be presented to the prince immediately upon his arrival. So overtaken with gratitude were the girl’s parents they then insisted Scipio accept the gold, not as a ransom but as a show of their gratitude. Scipio declined but the family insisted.
Not long after the prince arrived and, fearing for the safety of his bride, he also fell at Scipio’s feet pleading to know what must he do to earn the girl’s honorable return. Scipio laid only one condition: Scipio wanted to present the bride at the prince’s wedding and he then presented the gold from the girl’s parents to the prince as a wedding gift.
The prince rode out to his fellow tribes and told them of the Roman’s sense of justice and generosity. Almost overnight the Hispanian tribes turned against the Carthaginians.
Accept one.
The city had refused to grant safety to the fugitives of the 2 lost legions and it knew the Romans were coming for vengeance.
As the Romans fought their way into the city they found the people had heaped all of their valuables in the center of the city and the pile was set on fire. Every man, woman and child was herded around the fire. Those that could resist the Romans did for as long as they could but once the inevitable became obvious the Celtiberians began putting their own families to the sword or casting them upon the fire.
It was a horrifying sight for even hardened Roman soldiers but Scipio demanded his soldiers keep fighting until there was no one left.
Scipio called upon the religious to defend the beautiful and the innocent but he showed no mercy to the treacherous and unmerciful.
These ****ers have me in a Scipio sort of mind.
