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Originally Posted by Fire
I like the idea of citizens fighting back against criminals- seems like a happier world when a victim becomes a victor...
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With violence, there is no happiness in victory; though there would be fewer victims.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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