Murax wrote::shock:

I’m not concerned with the religious aspect here (nothing new to say on that front really), but you’ve got to admire the artistic value of that picture.
It is a depiction of the eternal struggle of good and evil. Note the severed hand of the alleged robber, the holy book in the executioner’s hand and the knife of justice lying in between. Consider the choice of desk, the texture in its colour and the brilliant lighting. Let your mind wonder back to the time the robber was apprehended (what was his crime? Stealing an Apple? Maybe a gun? Maybe even a copy of the holy book?).
View the darkness of all three hands, the clarity and smooth colours of the fingernails, the black leather cover of the holy book and how it easily corresponds with the black hands that are holding it. Glance at the whiteness of the pages, scarcity of blood and length of the knife. This knife looks new. This might be the first hand it ever severed. Its sharpness is beyond dispute, as the clean white tissue (with the fly on it) and the straight line of blood on the side of the knife would attest.
Where would Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil theory apply here? Could we truly abandon truth, knowledge and free will? Is this a manifestation of his Will To Power concept? Is the man with the knife the real aggressor who is brandishing his own power and cruelty here? Is he forcing his own will upon the poor robber in a poor country? Or is this the comeuppance of an anarchist thieve who thought there were no rules to hold him accountable for his evil deeds?
Food for thought, thought for food. Over to you Confucius...
Man with one hand, must wipe bottom with other hand.