In development which should strike fear into the hearts of action-movie scriptwriters and BOFHs everywhere, remorselessly efficient German economists have calculated that revenge is inefficient.
According to the German national socio-economic database, vengeful people are more likely to be unemployed, have fewer friends and are less satisfied with their lives than those who occasionally let a bad turn go unpunished.
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Our Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) worked that out 1400 years ago.
“Before death takes away what you are given, give away whatever there is to give.”
Mawlana Jalal ud Din Rumi
That's like saying "Islam is the solution!" to every problem that you hear without adding any explanation.
Question is if the Germans had actually won WW2, would they still think that revenge was inefficient?
"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.
most likely not.
"How many people find fault in what they're reading and the fault is in their own understanding" Al Mutanabbi
I was being a smart arse - the scientists would probably still have thought that as the study was not on WW2.
"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.