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Is revenge wrong?

Would this be wrong... My brothers friend (younger than me... he's 14 now) is horrible in more ways than one. If, for whatever reason, I became famous would it be wrong of me to sell my story to a news papers. Consider these facts: 1) He's just a kid. He could grow up. 2) To me he's not just horrible, he can be really really nasty and very cheeky to me. 3) He's my brother's best friend (my bro is 15) and even though I dislike my brother sometimes he's pretty nice the rest of the time. Opinions please...


  • Well

    What story would you be selling out on him?

    Anyway, maybe by the time you hit the big leagues he'll already have grown up. Maybe you'll have practically forgot about him anyway.

    Have you tried talking to your brother about how nasty this kid is to you and how it really hurts you?

    Voted for by Scrap.
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  • revenge

    I think it's the degree of revenge that makes the difference. If your brother's friend is "horrible" to you in terms of being "nasty" and "cheeky" then I'm pretty sure that there is nothing wrong in giving tit for tat and it will end right there. It's not like it's something serious, but if you're going to harbour all that and not let it out now, it could become serious. Not only that, if you become famous and THEN speak against your brother's friend, he could sue you for defamation of character and also for using your fame as a persuasion. Why would you place yourself in trouble later and in pain now, when your brother's friend is the culprit and making your life uneasy? Why don't you make him uneasy around you too. Don't let him bully you just because your brother is his friend. Actually your brother should be showing more faithfulness towards you and should speak to him about it. Have you told your brother how his friend abuses you? If not, you should let him know. And don't let that bully, bully you or he'll continue. Stand up to it and he'll stop. Bully's only bully when they are not stood up to. Also bullies are bullies because someone else bullies them or has bullied them, you could ask him instead who bullies him and he'll understand and stop. My son used to be bullied at school in grade one, so I went and asked the bullies does anyone bully you at school or at home? They stopped bullying my son.

    Voted for by Beena.
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  • revenge

    I think the reason that works, seeing the bully's point of view is because, when you ask the bully does anyone or has anyone bullied you, he knows right away he has a confidential friend in you in whom he can confide anytime, simply because you could understand his predicament.

    Voted for by Beena.
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  • Only An Honest Reason

    If you have a good, honest reason to extract revenge upon him, then I beleive it fully in your right to do so. Not to his degree, and you probably shouldn't, (KARMA), but if he's hurt you well enough in the eye of society, go for it.

    I prefer karma gettting all of them back. It's a much more subtle way. Funny story about that, I'll have to post it some time.

    Voted for by sjrlink100.
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