“Just because the indians raided your town and murdered, burned and kidnapped villagers doesn’t mean you should attack the indian settlement, hunt down its braves and recover the hostages”
Sorry, but this is as plain as it gets.
“Sorry, but this is as plain as it gets.”
The passage you include is not an example of revenge in my opinion, but your passage doesn’t say what is done to the braves after they are hunted down.
Revenge is a form of punishment. Punishment is used in civilized societies. Guess it’s a matter of degree. Killing innocents is not acceptable by civilized people.
There’s the military logic that, for example, killing (sacrificing) ten people to save 100 is acceptable.