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Old 05-22-2006, 12:50 PM   #6
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Re: Was O'Sensei a pacifist?

I wish I could remember, Niadh , a poster here on aikiweb uses a quote roughly to the effect of your post as their signature.

The funny part is that it always reminded me of what i saw as the pacifist nature of the societal principles of aikido.
I'll ask a question now, so I'll have better reason and ability to reply.
Am I pacifist even though I wish to learn about violence? And odd way to say it, I know...
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Thomas Hardy wrote:
If way to the better there be, it exacts a full look at the worst.
Or, to make the best go of it, we must know the worst of it.

Oh, and, SDEWTIA*



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