It’s quite simple really. No words justify assault barring contrived circumstances. There is nothing I can say to you that makes it ok for you to hit me. If you are an American I’m not surprised that you miss this. America is a country where most children get hit and raised in a religion that assures compliance through bribery and fear. Under those conditions it’s as impossible for you to spontaneously understand as it is for me to spontaneously speak Japanese.
Words are merely thoughts shared. And no thought waives your right to protection from physical assault. Only actions can do that.
Now I’ll grant in many ways writing is an action, thus I grant the possibility that maybe a situation exists where what you write can constitute an action as dangerous as potentially lethal assault, and thus justify a physical response, but in my opinion a situation like that is so unimaginably rare as to be discounted from reality as firmly as the chance of winning the lottery and being struck by lightning every day for a whole year.
I could be a total raving lunatic but that doesn’t change the correctness or incorrectness of any given point.
I wish they taught logic and critical thinking in what passes for school these days.
The fact is, if you think it through and are consistent about the application of your ethics, you probably agree with me.
Since this isn’t a confession booth, I won’t get into my own past mistakes regarding assault. I’ll just say that I think Yoda said it best. “Knowledge and defense, never for attack.”
Since this isn’t a confession booth, I won’t get into my own past mistakes regarding assault. I’ll just say that I think Yoda said it best. “Knowledge and defense, never for attack.”