re: #1273 Spare O’Lake

A necessary step preceding love is the elimination of hatred for others. Hatred gives birth to so many ills, including evil talk, the desire for bad to befall the hated one, delight in an enemy’s downfall. An enemy is defined as anyone to whom one has stopped talking for three days because of harbored animosity (see Sefer Chareidim, p. 103, no. 19)

Interesting…

So what is your opinion then of the maxim that:

If one shows mercy to those who deserve justice they will ultimately be cruel to those who deserve mercy?

You do realize this is why Saul lost the throne right?