Definition of talion:
"1973: Simple talion may be fine for wartime, but politics between wars demands symmetry and a more elegant idea of justice, even to the point of masquerading, a bit decadently, as mercy. -- Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow"
Definition of talion:
"1973: Simple talion may be fine for wartime, but politics between wars demands symmetry and a more elegant idea of justice, even to the point of masquerading, a bit decadently, as mercy. -- Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow"