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I agree with those who said that a lot worse could have happened to this man, but I think this is nothing other than pure vengeance. Moreover, I would suggest that justified revenge is an oxymoron.
Revenge is a discordant retaliation to something under the guise of justice. It doesn't work towards the restoration of harmony in society; instead, it creates further problems.
Tattooing this message to the face of this criminal did nothing good for society. And before you think that it did nothing bad either, consider that someone had to conduct this act of violence and that there are many who think it funny or justified.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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