Gilda

Their reaction is irrelevant to the issue of whether she had harmed them. She certainly wasn't any kind of threat to them on the night she was murdered.

What did she do? She hung out with them for a period of several months. She shrared their marijuana with them, exchanging "power hits". She actedly provacatively, turning them on, followed by having consensual sex, which they seem to have enjoyed.

Was it her actions that led to the revelation that so offended them that they killed her? No. The revelation of her physical sex was a direct result of their holding her prisoner after she tried to leave, and extracting the information from her by use of force. Any harm that resulted they brought on themselves.

They could have resolved the situation quickly and easily by simply allowing her to leave and not associating with her any longer.

All of that, of course, assumes that their being offended, or having their obviously delicate egos bruised constitutes harm. I don't think it does, at least not in a way that justifies even the smallest amount of violence.

With which part?

Is it being offended or having a wounded pride that justifies violence in revenge? Could you explain this further?

I'm genuinely curious, because I really can't concieve of words or actions that, while causing me no harm in and of itself, would be so offensive, or would cause me a wounded pride to such a degree that it would justify my exacting violent revenge.

Now to be clear, this isn't to say that I would never be violent as a result of offense or wounded pride. It's entirely possible that I might under certain circumstances do exactly that. I can't think of any right now, but I can conceed that there might be some. However, my being so emotionally sensitive to a particular stimulis as to respond violently would not justify that violence.

Nor would it in this case.

Gilda

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