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KatyMan

(4,350 posts)
4. I don't disagree,
Mon Nov 28, 2016, 06:24 PM
Nov 2016

and your reply is spot on, but from my point of view, relying on some nebulous thought or belief that justice will eventually be served is a pie in the sky belief; Stalin died in his bed. No overarching retribution occurred, he was a horrible person that did horrible things, lived quite comfortably and died at 74. Where was karma then?
I understand your quite Buddhistic point, and I also understand that from your point of view my desire for justice in real time is wrong thinking, and causes unrest in my own (personal) mind, and that vengeance is anti ethical (although I don't call for vengeance, as that leads to violence, which I abhor as much as I assume you do).
I don't know, maybe I would like for karma to be real, and just for once act in humanity's favor in real time and deliver a better world for us.

Or maybe I just need to spend more time learning to drink with the butchers than actually drinking with the butchers!

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Karma is like thoughts and prayers: KatyMan Nov 2016 #1
When justice arrives... kentuck Nov 2016 #3
I don't disagree, KatyMan Nov 2016 #4
Thanks for the thoughtful comments. kentuck Nov 2016 #5
Great post. KatyMan Nov 2016 #8
Thoughtful, insightful, and very well saltpoint Nov 2016 #2
Excellent. Should be an OP. trof Nov 2016 #6
Finally Me. Nov 2016 #7
kick.... kentuck Nov 2016 #9
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