This is the mentality that you will face as a self defense minded citizen. There are whole demographics of people who DO NOT THINK LIKE YOUUUUUUU... They are on a different plain of reality, and you cannot reason with them, get to know their inner child, or pay them to go away. At best to them its kill or be killed, and at worst, they see you as a stray dog with germs or as prey to be eaten. Do not confuse asocial violent predators with social problems of society. This is the whole reason we have things like gun debates in this country: some people are not willing to admit that there are people amongst us who refuse to believe that you are equal to them; they think they are more than you and will ultimately reinforce that point with violence up to and including lethal force. The only force in that moment of the encounter is a return of violence in kind up to and including lethal force as is necessary for the particular situation, but that cannot happen if you 1) cannot acknowledge that part of reality and 2) are not willing to do what is necessary to solve the problem. Here is a tip: you dont have to be ok with violence to do violence. Its ok not to be ok with taking a life in self defense or enduring the extreme stress of fighting off an attacker. Its ok. We can fix your psyche after the fact, because you are alive. We cant fix your psyche if you are dead, and if you live, the damage will most likely be far greater because you gave up. When that happens, surrender that is, you are giving in to not only the attack but the acquiescence of mental anguish. Time and time and time again, even people who fought back and LOST find it far easier to recover mentally and enjoy a far more thorough recovery. The reason is that the act of empowering yourself against that which would do you harm enough to fight it strengthens and empowers the psyche. So, even your stupid arguments about what if I fight back and lose? are just that: stupid. If you arent willing to admit that your life and that of those around you are high enough on the priority list to fight and risk losing for, then you deserve the extra mental anguish that comes from such an experience; its a simple matter of consequence. Im not talking about people who dont know any better. People who grow up protected and are victimized are a tragedy. Those who read stuff like this post and willfully decide that pacifism extends toward ignoring certain aspects of our reality and deciding that blind hope alone as a defense against evil is enough are the people of which Im speaking. If you believe that you are above violence and happen to meet a predatorily violent person who thinks they are above you, natural laws of the universe will humble you, and you wont like it. There is no reason to be paranoid about it any more than you would be paranoid about your house catching fire. Both are rare occurrences. Practice everyday safety habits to prevent such a thing from happening, and if it happens despite your best efforts, then know how and where to escape if possible and how to fight that fire if you absolutely have to. There are fire extinguishers in all public buildings, and many things can be improvised to out out a fire if need be. There are so many parallels to self defense with the fire analogy, its ridiculous. If you can accept that sometimes things just catch on fire as a part of life, then you can accept that violence just happens sometimes despite your best efforts to lead a safe life. Prepare mentally and physically as is appropriate for your life circumstance. That is all. - WG
Posted on: Sat, 19 Jul 2014 08:39:20 +0000
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