That would not stop the next guy. The mechanism needs to be replaced. He has paper immunity. He has made his own bed. He's no different than any of us with power. Do you think the executioners are immune from corruption?
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You're not wrong, although I think presenting the case in such a way would help a lot of people with their cognitive dissonance, and go a long way for people to abandon the current system.
I would love to see revenge like the movies.
The truth is that all of us men are flawed and those of us who never realize this will waste a perfectly good life of free will.
Remember that many of those who have been hooked on drugs, aborted, and imprisoned have been predetermined to be undesirable.
The wisdom of the Bible and other ancient texts let's is know that men are always corrupted because they take themselves to be God and they aren't.
The Bible, specifically warns us about what is lost when we get too powerful and we seek revenge. This is not our world. We don't control all aspects. We never will. The little control we have will be misplaced in revenge and enslaving other men. Conversely we accomplish great things when we dedicate our work to God. Not openly as a show but internally as the only there is to be.
We point out the Devil and those possessed by evil but we pray also that they can recover and not waste this human life. Someone definitely has prayed for me.
I wouldn't call it revenge, but rather justice. How does one respond to someone who was involved in orchestrating a plan to potentially disable or kill you, and then indirectly threatens to do it again?
They harmed a lot of people, and have the potential and willingness to do it again. I don't think that is something we should sit by and allow to happen.
No doubt we are all susceptible to corruption. I don't believe many (most?) would be willing/able to go to the extremes that some of these people have. There are just some things I wouldn't do for money or power.
Ultimately I have little faith anyone will be held to account directly because of the system in place protecting them, but one day enough people will be aware of what has been and is going on.