When an eye for an eye,
Is a breath for a breath.
When a life for a life,
Is a death for a death.
When Lex Talionis
Is just the same act;
It is no act of justice,
Nor is it a just act.
YouTube – The Revolution Will Not Be Televised – Gil Scott-Heron
I was ten years old when I first heard it; a young teen when I fully understood it. And, but for the names and faces, it seems as if were just yesterday!
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