It's next to impossible to figure out where you're coming from these days. What is aikido saying that's so difficult to follow? The guy ain't reading from tarot.
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It's next to impossible to figure out where you're coming from these days. What is aikido saying that's so difficult to follow? The guy ain't reading from tarot.
I have tried to say over and over and over again that when people feel pushed, they often push back.
There is a normal human reason behind every action, however evil it is.
It is basically a cry for help.
I don't know what else to say. I believe in redemption and mercy as did Jesus and John the Baptizer. It has always worked for me in my personal life and in my work life.
It's also the fact that those we want to ignore we sometimes tell them their brains are dysfunctional and hard to understand.
Although I certainly don't think so, I cannot blame you for feeling that way. I am accountable for communicating in a non-helpful way to you.
alwight
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I'm not aware of any bomb culture going on, or that people fall in love with bombs as they apparently do with their guns.
Presumably you don't mind bombs being banned?
Or perhaps you insist on the right for all Americans to own hand-grenades?
I can accept that a gun is arguably only for self defence, so why not restrict them specifically to where there might be some demonstrable need?
Some here in the UK can own specific types of guns for specific reasons, but they don't get to own or drool over an arsenal of assault or tactical weapons.
Guns can't be un-invented or totally controlled of course but why should any society need to be awash with them? Perhaps as objects of desire that for some nutters seem to say "shoot, shoot, kill! kill".
At least show some desire to try and do something about it Americans, it isn't working! :nono:
Agreed!
EVERY act of violence is a cry for help. That has been my experience using nonviolent communication and actions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zz0-6jakwUc
A perfect example of how nonviolence works.
And there is a new movie out--a true story--where a Christian woman was held prisoner in her own home by a murderer who broke into her house and was able to repent and face justice.
And there are many, many other stories of women who used their faith to stop potential violence.
Yes, yes, I had a little gun once who died. It was very sad. I had a funeral and buried that little gun; every year I try to visit the grave-site
Not at all.
Lon
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Not according to her father who wrote her story and, if I remember correctly, is viewable in the court proceedings.
The meaning of my communication is found in the response it elicits. And if I don't like that response, I need to change what I am doing instead of blaming the other person for "not getting it."
It's a good rule of thumb that I try to follow. It keeps me from blaming others for my own failures.
http://www.dailydot.com/opinion/branstetter-social-media-ignoring-antoinette-tuff/
If more of us were raised up with a set of parents and a commitment to Christianity like Antoinette's, we could stop spending money on hiring security guards with guns.
Strikes me at best as a sign of surrender. Barn door closing after the horse is gone and all that.
I'm not aware of any bomb culture going on, or that people fall in love with bombs as they apparently do with their guns.
Presumably you don't mind bombs being banned?
Or perhaps you insist on the right for all Americans to own hand-grenades?
I can accept that a gun is arguably only for self defence, so why not restrict them specifically to where there might be some demonstrable need?
Some here in the UK can own specific types of guns for specific reasons, but they don't get to own or drool over an arsenal of assault or tactical weapons.
Guns can't be un-invented or totally controlled of course but why should any society need to be awash with them? Perhaps as objects of desire that for some nutters seem to say "shoot, shoot, kill! kill".
At least show some desire to try and do something about it Americans, it isn't working! :nono:
See http://www.theologyonline.com/forums/showthread.php?p=4475822#post4475822