Counterproductive
"'He insulted me, hit me, beat me, robbed me'-- for those who brood on this, hostility isn't stilled.
'He insulted me, hit me, beat me, robbed me'-- for those who DON'T brood on this, hostility IS stilled.
Hostilities aren't stilled through hostility, regardless.
Hostilities are stilled through non-hostility: this, an unending truth."
--Dhammapada 1:3-5
"Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good."
--Romans 12:21