@FinalOverdrive Hi, I "preach nonviolence" and I don't consider the protective use of force to be contradictory to nonviolence.
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Violence you approve of is still violence.
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I don't consider protective use of force the same as violence since it lacks the element of aggression.
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Violence without aggression is still violence.
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The WHO defines violence as "intentional use of physical force or power, threatened or actual, ...
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...against oneself, another person, or against a group or community, ...
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...which either results in or has a high likelihood of resulting ...
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...in injury, death, psychological harm, maldevelopment, or deprivation"
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The protective use of force does not fall under this definition.
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If someone shoots at you and you shoot back that's still violence.
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It is preferable to disarm the shooter rather than shoot back.
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