Course George went and hit Tom with a stick o wood fer callin his friend a liar, so Tom had to cut George with a knife and Bill Saunder had to beat up Tom fer cuttin George. Then Sam Bass had to shoot the feller who hurt his brother, and two of Bill s friends came after Sam callin in 'bout four more. After that, they commenced to fight. It was nothin , Judge, and its done, so let it be. Lightening up is good hurt repair.
Penalties are only a temporary stop to the fighting.
Hurt tends to produce more hurt. There are no perfect people. One certainty of life on this planetfull of imperfect persons is that we hurt each other. We are more sophisticated than Bill and Tom, but we are no more successful in healing hurt with blame, retaliation, and judgment than they were. There is only one way to heal hurt and keep it from producing more hurt.