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Old 06-01-2004, 02:25 PM   #15
Bronson
 
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Re: When is it ok to hurt?

There is a HUGE difference between hurting and injuring. We hurt each other almost every single class, but we try very hard to not injure one another. Would I injure someone in a self-defense situation? If I felt sufficiently frightened--yes. The "defense" situations I'm more likely to encounter though involve my family or friends. People I don't want to injure but I have no qualms about causing a little (or a lot of) pain.

Bronson

"A pacifist is not really a pacifist if he is unable to make a choice between violence and non-violence. A true pacifist is able to kill or maim in the blink of an eye, but at the moment of impending destruction of the enemy he chooses non-violence."
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