Re: _The Windup Girl_

On Sun, 27 Jun 2010 05:48:45 -0600, Howard Brazee
<howard@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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rec.arts.sf.written:

[...]

Is vengeance useful? (As opposed to punishment, protection, and
other attributes of punishment/justice).

Depends on how a society is organized. In some societies it
is a primary mechanism of punishment/justice.

Brian
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