Mere Christianity – C. S. Lewis (1952)
I am a great believer in Karma (the spiritual principle of cause and effect) and the notion that, given time there will be retribution levied against all unkind acts. This process, therefore negates anyone from ever needing to take direct action with regards to punishments. However, the problem with trusting karma removes control over when, where, and how the payback will take place.
Human nature dictates that whatever the indiscretion committed there will always be those that will rejoice over that individual, firm, organisation etc. being held to reckoning and I find it hard to comprehend how many religions preach the concept of an-eye-for-an-eye etc. and yet expect there to be no pleasure taken from the punishment being administered.
If a wrong is committed against another there is usually an inbuilt need for the perpetrator to suffer in a similar way. It always seems to me so morally unfair that some people seem to suffer no consequences as a result of their actions. The offender is all too often not the one left to deal with the aftermath of being the receiver of their actions. They may well be caught and even face sentencing and prison but it is too often the victims that has to live with the consequence of what they have done, and in some cases, this can mean enduring them for the rest of their lives.
Therefore, in my opinion there is nothing wrong is taking some solace from bad things, however they occur subsequently happening to the one that caused them so much grief.