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Originally Posted by malloyd
I think it's a Code of Honor. Or part of one. Especially if there are rules for what counts as an offense and appropriate levels of response for different degrees.
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Socially regulated vengeance is a common thing in societies. For one thing humans have a natural inclination toward vengeance that needs to be controlled. For another it serves a faux-constabulary purpose inside a society that can be a feature rather then a bug.