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adjl posted...

You really didn't. You can encourage people to be decent without gendering it. That's really not up for negotiation.

You can get a better result by directly addressing issues than crying about the general situation.

adjl posted...

If a person attacking you is a legitimate threat, deter them by defending yourself (that is, properly neutralizing the threat, not just retaliating for retaliation's sake).

You know what neutralises a threat? Demonstrating how much they will lose by fighting.

adjl posted...

If a person attacking you isn't a legitimate threat, then there's no need to deter them. That's logic.

All harm is a legitimate threat, and not responding is inviting further/heavier harm of undetermined value. Cut the problem at the root. That's logic.

adjl posted...

If you know (or have good reason to believe) that a response will result in an unequal outcome, then you have no reason to consider it an equal response. That's logic.

A 100% punch for a 100% punch is an equal response, all outcome differences is the latent class difference the attacker should've been deterred by prior to starting shit.

It's illogical to respond with equal force as you establish no deterring threat, that is violence for violence's sake, all you gain is a free hit to satisfy petty revenge.

adjl posted...

I don't think making a comparison to a non-sentient, territorial apex predator is really helping your case (that is, that retaliation is an intelligent, reasonable response) here.

Do you fuck with a lion? Does it need to fight you to keep peace between you and it? Point made.
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Scloud posted...
Its like he wants two things at the same time.