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d*d · 09-16-2005, 07:50 AM

Isn't a little bit of violence like bieng a little bit pregnant - somebody is acting violently or not, there is no scale for violence.
In my opinion people are confusing violence with using force, the prerequisit for a violent act is that it has the purpose of violating, damaging, or abusing - so justifying the use violence is justifying the right to violate, damage and abuse - why should that ever be a good thing? If you use force to protect yourself then it's not violence.

09-16-2005, 07:50 AM	#33 (permalink)
d*d Addict	Isn't a little bit of violence like bieng a little bit pregnant - somebody is acting violently or not, there is no scale for violence. In my opinion people are confusing violence with using force, the prerequisit for a violent act is that it has the purpose of violating, damaging, or abusing - so justifying the use violence is justifying the right to violate, damage and abuse - why should that ever be a good thing? If you use force to protect yourself then it's not violence.