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Ghandi would disagree.

I'm not saying I think you are wrong in how you feel, I'm just saying,  
Ghandi walked right under the clubs. The Honoured Uncle gave the  
Robber his last shirt.

One thing I have learned to do is judge my actions against how they ar  
going to effect ME. And I don't mean, in a materialistic calculating  
way.

What I mean is, If I'm about to say something really catty, I've  
learned to think about whether I really want to take that cattiness  
internally. When I think of myself as the "er" part of the an  
equation, it changes things.
I know, that doesn't make any sense. Let me try again. If I am having  
a sarcastic conversation with someone, I'm not just being sarcastic  
and hurtful to them. I'm bearing the brunt of carrying around sarcasm  
and meanness.

It has taken a long time and a lot of help to get to this point. I  
think it's a good one.

Anyway, I think pacifism of any sort is doomed to failure and long as  
it is the thrust of our culture to be bigger, better, and have more  
plastic crap than the next guy. Or, conversely, to think it's ok to  
push one's opinions down someone else's throat, no matter how much you  
want to save them.









On Mar 8, 2008, at 3:33 PM, Gene GeRue wrote:
> I once had a concealed weapon permit. I had a perfect score on the
> written examination. One of the laws one must follow regards when
> deadly force may be used. It is when we believe ourselves or another
> is in peril of death unless the attacker is stopped. At such a moment
> one does whatever is possible. Immediately.
>
>
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