************* The following message is relayed to you by [email protected] ************ Hi Aarre,
I don't know what either Gandhi, JC or Buddha would do - I just know that I would do some damage to the miscreant you describe. Whilst in the CoS I had a long period of wrestling with conscience during which I continued to have situations occur which required force. After deciding to use force as long as I was earth bound and the situation warranted my forceful intervention - I had no further occurrences. I do think that one pulls in these sits in more than one way. One way is by obsessively planning attacks and/or defenses. Another is by deluding oneself, that by not anticipating a possible attack, it will not happen. Or having the belief that bad things only happen to the unenlightened. The invasion and occupation of Tibet by China comes to mind. I prefer being prepared. Securing one's home and coaching kids in what to do in cases of attack or emergency I think are necessary precautions. For Scout training I set up simulated scenes for first aid, fire drills, being trapped in a lift, survival in various conditions etc, etc. BTW - I am not in complete agreement with TROM ethics. I have an aversion to absolutes like "Never". Thanks for broaching the subject. Or should I say braving the subject? Martin On 7/Jan/2011 05:48, Aarre Peltomaa wrote: > I love your evaluation. One thing I still haven't resolved though. Can > you elucidate to me what I should do if I see a mugger beating up an old > lady to steal her money, or worse yet, just for the thrills. I know > that she is motivating and postulated it, and so forth, but it's still > wrong for him to do this, and for her to 'receive' this. If it's life > threatening to her, should I go over and knock his bloody lights to > kingdom come? Surely I can't just allow it to happen, otherwise haven't > I commited a contrasurvival action of omission 'overt'? This is a very > wide encompassing philosophical point I've wondered upon for a long time. > Thanks, Aarre Peltomaa _______________________________________________ Trom mailing list [email protected] http://lists.newciv.org/mailman/listinfo/trom
