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“it is difficult to solve a problem that you are almost entirely ignorant about. You cannot work for peace while ignoring violence any more than a doctor can create treatments while refusing to study disease.”
― ConCom: Conflict Communication A New Paradigm in Conscious Communication
― ConCom: Conflict Communication A New Paradigm in Conscious Communication
“If you deny reality, you cannot control reality.”
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“There is an old saying, “Never ascribe to malice what can better be explained by stupidity.” That’s good advice.”
― ConCom: Conflict Communication A New Paradigm in Conscious Communication
― ConCom: Conflict Communication A New Paradigm in Conscious Communication
“if someone says, “Shut the fuck up or I’m going to beat your ass,” and it escalates into a fight you will have real trouble proving self-defense... because you didn’t simply shut the fuck up. Self-defense is about defending your body, not your pride. If this threat display devolves into a fight, you were engaged in the Monkey Dance. You were not defending yourself. •”
― Facing Violence: Preparing for the Unexpected
― Facing Violence: Preparing for the Unexpected
“Someone is going to read this and think, “I have a right to go anywhere I want. Just because something is dangerous doesn’t take away my rights.” Let’s get this over with now. Defending yourself is not and never has been about rights—rights are those things that the civilized members of society agree everyone deserves. When you hit the ground and taste blood in your mouth, when a steel-toed boot slams your head into a curb, when a knife slips under the waistband of your skirt and a hand is wrapped around your throat, the civilized agreement on how people should be treated is not an issue.”
― Meditations on Violence: A Comparison of Martial Arts Training and Real World Violence
― Meditations on Violence: A Comparison of Martial Arts Training and Real World Violence
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