Bartender Geek

The notion is a fundamental one in all the extant religions I know which are dependent on interaction with the world. There have been historical cultures and religions based on pure justice -- I'd not want to live in them. And there have been and are religious communities based on pure mercy -- Jains and Amish for two -- but they exist by maintaining a careful balance of existing within and apart from the framework of a larger community in which the majority DOES use both mercy and justice to regulate itself.