dongle joke shamer<\/a>” who lost her own job as well), it is a “two wrongs don’t make a right situation” and is unsustainable. An eye for an eye and the whole world would be blind.<\/p>\n\n\n\nUltimately, I think the ending teaches us that we can only get out of this mess if the people instigating it take matters into their own hands to stop it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Outside forces won’t ever be enough. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unfortunately, these people will probably have the machine of their own making turn on them for this, and, like the main character, they too will be a victim of this justice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But it has to be their own choice, otherwise, the practice will continue unhindered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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