Englisch-Deutsch Übersetzung für eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth

Auge um Auge, Zahn um ZahnDie Todesstrafe folgt einem überholten Prinzip: Auge um Auge, Zahn um Zahn. The death penalty follows an old fashioned principle: an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. Auge um Auge, Zahn um Zahn – und danach wird, wie Gandhi sagte, die ganze Welt blind sein. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth – after which, as Gandhi said, everybody ends up blind. Da politische Perspektiven fehlen, führt die alttestamentarische Maxime "Auge um Auge, Zahn um Zahn " geradewegs zu Schrecken und Chaos. When there are no political prospects on the horizon, the Old Testament prescription of 'an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth' leads directly to horror and to chaos.

compensation#English|compensation for injury caused by a person, in the form of inflicting of an identical injury on that person

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