> I find using the justice system in pursuit of revenge at the cost of actual justice rather perverse.
Its major function, crudely, is to prevent Hulk Hogan from visiting Nick Denton in character.
It isn't to prevent the pursuit of revenge. It is to prevent violence and vendetta by having a neutral third party arbitrate. The pursuit of revenge for wrongs committed is the notion and motivation behind the elaborate social institution we call justice.
Its major function, crudely, is to prevent Hulk Hogan from visiting Nick Denton in character.
It isn't to prevent the pursuit of revenge. It is to prevent violence and vendetta by having a neutral third party arbitrate. The pursuit of revenge for wrongs committed is the notion and motivation behind the elaborate social institution we call justice.