American Vengeance: The Roots of Social Tyranny
Submitted on October 1, 2011
By DAVID ROSEN - Counterpunch Weekend Edition
Over the last few months, the U.S. has witnessed repeated calls for vengeance, for revenge, punishment, retribution … for blood. These calls express one of the most disturbing facets of the American “character,” the Old Testament call for an eye-for-an-eye, a tooth-for-a-tooth. Vengeance haunts 21st century America like a ghost of times long dead.
