benlehman

Well, like other people have said, one thing that stuck in my craw was the "no bullshit denials" crap; way to prejudice the argument. At least he didn't say "Anyone reasonable will agree."

But secondly, the Mother Theresa thing comes in with no explanation, no supporting argument, just bald assertation. I'm thinking, gee, that's controversial Ron. Am I supposed to just sit back and admire it, or call you to damn well explain yourself.

The only way I can square it with anything I could accept would be to read "aggression" where he says "violence", or some such. Now to me, violence means the act of doing physical harm, and if that's absolutely required in real life, then, fuck, I guess I haven't lived a real life. If it means being prepared to do violence should it become necessary, and being unafraid of your capacity for violence, well, okay then. Sure.

But this is Ron, who is always calling on people to react to exactly what he said, who detests bullshit games of "I said X, but meant Y".

Anyway, like I said elsewhere, remember Anger is an Energy. The best thing you can do with it is learn how to use it.

One of the best compliments I ever had was from an old friend of the family who had survived a good few years of binge drinking and binge fighting. He took me aside when I was 16 or so and said "You know, you're the kind of person I'd avoid in a fight. Because you wouldn't be in a fight unless you bloody well meant it."