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But, say that you have no choice but to fight, how would you do it then?

If you have no choice then duck, weave, block. Avoid being damaged and wait for your opponent to burn himself out. In the end the only reason i would strike someone is simply because my life was threatened and even then I would prefer a grapple. But as far as the concept of battle goes. The strong dominating the weak, and the smart dominating the unintelligent, I feel that the battle is a concept thought up to keep people down. That the weak should be dominated, and the strong should rule. In the long run it all breeds weakness in everyone. The strong are too weak to realize their own insecurities and need to seek strength. Whilst the weak are to weak to stand up to the strong there fore allowing themselves to be abused, or treated how they do not wish to be treated. The only way that we can truly raise ourselves to a higher level is through love. It's the only way to break the cycle and breed true strength. We must love one another man. Sorry if I'm ranting, but I hear stuff like this every day and dig talking about it, so I just wanted to throw all that out there.

Your words are wise, but what about people like me? Those who defend the weak and help them find their strengths.

it's respectable to try and see all sides. I strive to do so as well, although I can often color what I see.

I also see what you mean as far as location goes. I live in sacramento california so I suppose our life style is a bit more conducive to an attitude of love, or at least realxation . As opposed to a place like, lets say Iraq where life is a bit more hectic. I would assume, concidering the deterioration of order, there's a bit mroe need (strictly for survival purposes) of people to assert dominance. Mabey Iraq isn't a good example. But, the general idea still remains, and I see where your coming from.

Ah, now here's the crux. This reminds me of a scene from "The last temptation of Christ" starring Willem Dafore. I don't know if this is in the bible, but in the movie Judas is talking with Jesus about Judea. Juda wants a free Israel, one that isn't subjected to Roman rule. The means he suggests is violent uprising. To which Jesus remarks that this will not change the violent opression they're currently under, only the name by which it is instrumented. Rather than Roman opression, it will Israelite kings who opress the masses. Jesus' only solution is to first purge the poison that is in mans soul (violence so to speak). I hold a similar belief to this. Rather than fighting, and teaching others to stand up in this way, we must instil upon others the concept love. Then just do the best you can to spread love and the rest will follow. And teach by example (which I must say is the hardest thing). Defence of the body is wonderful, but healing of the soul is the only thing that will save us. As for what about you and your need to defend the weak, try finding a means of defence that doesn't involve violence. Try using words first and formost.


p.s. I don't wish to leave the impression that I'm a christian, or a fanatical christian for that matter. I like to concider my self more of a pantheist. But I do belive that the life of christ is a great example for people to live by. And even though I'm not a christian, I like to think I try to be like christ. WIth the exceptions that I like wine, tobacco, and various other forms of merriment you never hear of jesus enjoying.

moderation is good as well. I find it hard to find people who truely are moderate. They either say they're to the right or left when most are somewhere in the middle. All good points everyone.