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Ambroseguy80 When we foolish mortals get egged on it becomes vicious at times and then we try to wrap it up in virtue if called on it.
It usually takes a hard lesson of causing someone grief to see it for what it is.
Too often the battered just take it, because they have been lead to believe they deserve the treatment or life has taught them to just take it and hopefully to not receive worse for the defiance.
The lesson came for me when I was a teenager and saw the face of the girl we were gossiping about, I never wanted to cause that kind of pain to anyone ever again and would love to say I never did.
But, many years ago, feeling justified, I hurt another person, who had eventually forgave me, and I realized something about myself and changed.
We must be willing to do that or we will always feel justified in being cruel.
For me nothing will justify it, even if I think I am right or they acted foolishly it will be between them and me -not them, me, and the world.
