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A comment on Norway's controversial 'cushy prison' experiment. Parent comment

Re:Norway's controversial 'cushy prison' experiment by microarchitect on Tuesday July 26, 2011 @08:12AM (#2806965)
Well, the urge to get revenge is an extremely strong part of the human psyche. We really want to see that those who wrong us wind up suffering for what they do.

This rather pessimistic assertion (which to me is reminiscent of Christian dogma) needs some backing up.

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Re:Norway's controversial 'cushy prison' experiment by giardini on Tuesday July 26, 2011 @08:55AM (#2807061)
Revenge is found across all cultures, e.g., see Jared Diamond's New Yorker article "Vengeance is Ours":

http://www.unl.edu/rhames/courses/war/diamond-vengeance.pdf

It has nothing to do with Christian dogma. In fact as the OP asserts, most religions/social systems attempt to control the individual's desire for vengeance.

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