“It is impossible to suffer without making someone pay for it; every complaint already contains revenge” – Friedrich Nietzsche
I’m making this the epilogue to my next book.
Wanting justice or accountability when your pain comes from, or is worsened by, someone else’s actions is a very understandable response. It reflects a natural desire to restore a sense of fairness after being hurt. What I asked for was accountability, not revenge. The intention is not to make someone else suffer, but to acknowledge that harm was done and to help ensure it does not happen again. In that way, accountability supports fairness and can help protect others from experiencing the same harm.
It is a normal human response to harm. If you cannot see the point, then perhaps that is the problem.
