The thing about being cruel to someone who is cruel to you

Right, it hurts you...what's the point...

BTW I feel this way about the death penalty - I think it hurts the living more than the condemned.

The problem is when they imprison for life, we see ex-murderers on TV and find out how they learned to do needlepoint and now see the error in their ways...

Honestly unless they're willing to look inside and work on themselves, the only thing to do is shun them. There's no amount of external love that can stop someone being cruel until they recognise their own issues.

You know

I got something thatcomes to mind when you say this

And the same cruel cycle is continued.

You are very right.

Hurt people just hurt people.