You've already heard a lot of good reasons why not. Here's one that hasn't been mentioned - if you hit someone, you have committed a crime. It doesn't matter if you hit them because they hit you first. You still hit them. If you're ok with hitting someone after they hit you, then that sounds like you're ok with hitting someone without that provocation.

I understand you said "I do believe in honor". Honor, imho, has traditionally been used as a cover for doing things one wants to do that one cannot justify in any other way.

My criteria for good software:
  1. Does it work?
  2. Can someone else come in, make a change, and be reasonably certain no bugs were introduced?

In reply to Re: (OT) Is retaliation ethical if a spam source can be identified beyond a reasonable doubt? by dragonchild
in thread (OT) Is retaliation ethical if a spam source can be identified beyond a reasonable doubt? by leocharre

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