On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 10:14 AM, LRSScout <[email protected]> wrote: > I guess that explains a lot about how we view the world differently. > > I'd view that as rather naive. Violence happens ever day, everywhere. Can > happen at any time. I have boys though, so different expectations too.
I can appreciate that. And I agree that violence happens every day and can happen at any time. I expect myself and other to be prepared to deal with violence as needed. But I don't think it is usually a terribly useful or desirable situation. I was taught growing up to avoid violence if at all possible. I'm really good at avoiding fights and I have no problems running away. But I was also taught that if you can't avoid a fight...win. Period. No honor, no rules, no pride, just fucking win. Make sure the other guy is incapable of doing you harm any more. I don't understand violence with rules. If things have devolved to the point where it is time for violence then I don't give a shit about fairness. I'm not naive about the prevalence of violence in the world. But I try to avoid introducing it and hopefully thereby making things a bit more mellow and happy. Sometimes violence is a necessity but I think it is usually the result of a failure. Judah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:283955 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
