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For the use of force I believe in the "clear and present danger" requirement Walleye Dec 2022 #1
i agree... samnsara Dec 2022 #2
Every precaution should be taken to defend yourself... kentuck Dec 2022 #3
Starting with a "clear understanding" of the "self" that one is defending sanatanadharma Dec 2022 #8
I read Alan Watts in the late 60's including "The Book on the Taboo Against panader0 Dec 2022 #13
Check out the other thread regarding the paradox of intolerance. WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2022 #4
Thank you. nt Atticus Dec 2022 #11
Thanks for the meme & article link KS Toronado Dec 2022 #34
Tolerance extends to all actions that do not hurt others or the community Mysterian Dec 2022 #5
If we had a fully functioning judicial/law enforcement system, you wouldn't have to pose that... Probatim Dec 2022 #6
+1 CrispyQ Dec 2022 #7
+1, could you imagine if Muslims were acting like MAGA acts right now? There would be mass ... uponit7771 Dec 2022 #14
The same would have been true if Muslims/POC raided the Capitol on 1/6. Probatim Dec 2022 #17
I think your post is the answer. We have the laws that should keep intolerance in check, but Scrivener7 Dec 2022 #21
+1 n/t area51 Dec 2022 #25
I had a good neighborhood in the countryside. Tetrachloride Dec 2022 #9
Atticus, I'm hoping the thread stays up, too, because it's something I've wondered a lot about BComplex Dec 2022 #10
K&R, isn't it against the law to threaten someone with violence? Thx in advance uponit7771 Dec 2022 #12
The Germans apparently know how to deal with it. Firestorm49 Dec 2022 #15
A great man once said nightwing1240 Dec 2022 #16
Arjuna was faced with the problem of his family and loved ones dying sanatanadharma Dec 2022 #19
it certainly is not nightwing1240 Dec 2022 #35
If I would have to kill to live, I would rather die than living with the knowledge I took someones Atticus Dec 2022 #22
Forget ones self for a moment. Prairie_Seagull Dec 2022 #28
Often also natural to save one's child even at cost of one's own life lostnfound Dec 2022 #29
I am better than no one nightwing1240 Dec 2022 #36
Thank you, thank you, thank you arlyellowdog Dec 2022 #26
"Violence could not triumph" nightwing1240 Dec 2022 #37
too generalized GenXer47 Dec 2022 #18
When they go low, we go high IronLionZion Dec 2022 #20
I believe the answer to intolerance is not violence unless it is truly a last resort. Lonestarblue Dec 2022 #23
"must we wait until those who admit their intent to destroy us to "actually" open fire before our... LudwigPastorius Dec 2022 #24
exactly, I agree llashram Dec 2022 #27
To be in the right, we must wait until a threat is imminent before resorting to violence. hadEnuf Dec 2022 #30
I'm a woman and I've spent most of my life living alone Warpy Dec 2022 #31
Think Kyle Rittenhouse coming down the street... rubbersole Dec 2022 #32
not many will remember 2016 Slammer Dec 2022 #33
Krishna's answer to Arjuna's dilemma sanatanadharma Dec 2022 #38
If I understand you correctly Martin Eden Dec 2022 #39
Order 66? Fla_Democrat Dec 2022 #40
All I have is my integrity I_UndergroundPanther Dec 2022 #41
How do you define "to destroy us" Kaleva Dec 2022 #42
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