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- From: jchristian@desire.wright.edu
- Newsgroups: rec.martial-arts
- Subject: Re: attack vs. harmony
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.033012.6370@desire.wright.edu>
- Date: 29 Dec 92 03:30:12 EST
- References: <1992Dec22.010116.6325@desire.wright.edu> <4431@unisql.UUCP> <1992Dec24.231856.6361@desire.wright.edu> <4448@unisql.UUCP>
- Organization: Wright State University
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- In article <4448@unisql.UUCP>, wrat@unisql.UUCP (wharfie) writes:
- > In article <1992Dec24.231856.6361@desire.wright.edu> jchristian@desire.wright.edu writes:
- >
- > Ideally, there should be no confrontation. The person who initiates
- > conflict is disrupting harmonious existence. I think that my responsibilty
- > is to eliminate that conflict. If a person shoves me all I must do is
- > allow that force to slide harmlessly past. If a person tries to stick me
- > with a knife I may have to hurt him to make it impossible for him to disrupt
- > the harmony of my bodily functions :-) but it would be an error to continue
- > my attack once he is rendered harmless.
- > wr
-
- But when does the conflict begin? Does it begin when I am staring off into
- space and some guy thinks I'm giving him attitude and swings at me? Does it
- begin when he actually swings at me? Does it begin when he decides to swing at
- me but hasn't actually done it yet? Would the conflict begin with me because I
- have been oblivious, or with him because he has been overly sensitive? If I am
- careless in some action and someone gets offended by that action and swings at
- me, am I at fault for my careless action?
-
- Jeff
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