You do well to recognize that almost every action is preceded by thought, and that poisonous thought results in deadly action.
Every complex activity a man might undertake and succeed at requires that he imagine and train for its execution over and over in his mind. The more he imagines an action, the easier it will seem and the more comfortable he will become to its execution.
Now the thing that precedes those thoughts is angst - either a lack or a hurt - angst so severe that it drives one to try to devise some way to allay it. Then when the angst driving him reaches an unbearable level and the activity he imagines will provide relief becomes comfortable enough to him, the result is fairly inevitable.
Then if one is to prevent such deadly action, one must either eliminate the actor, or relieve the angst driving his mind to meditate murder.
Some who post here want you and me to imagine - over and over - that you had a gun with which to kill the deadly actor dead. This conflicts with my faith, and so I refuse to practice that scenario in my mind and I reject the assertion that this is the best solution.
Instead, I spend my time practicing empathy, that with everyone I meet, I might better understand the angst they are feeling. Then having understood the angst that drives them, I practice finding and delivering the words that in some way allay that angst and heal those hurts - thereby removing the need for deadly action on every side. Mostly I suck at this, but it is a strategy that my heart can live with. In my experience, though, words - if you can find the right ones - are much more effective than bullets.
If I wanted to wield deadly force, and serve as judge, jury and executioner ever, I would have chosen a career in law-enforcement. -- "They didn't care, they were just dyin' to get off" - Eagles, Life in the Fast Lane
(Score: 3, Interesting) by nostyle on Sunday May 29 2022, @12:46PM
You do well to recognize that almost every action is preceded by thought, and that poisonous thought results in deadly action.
Every complex activity a man might undertake and succeed at requires that he imagine and train for its execution over and over in his mind. The more he imagines an action, the easier it will seem and the more comfortable he will become to its execution.
Now the thing that precedes those thoughts is angst - either a lack or a hurt - angst so severe that it drives one to try to devise some way to allay it. Then when the angst driving him reaches an unbearable level and the activity he imagines will provide relief becomes comfortable enough to him, the result is fairly inevitable.
Then if one is to prevent such deadly action, one must either eliminate the actor, or relieve the angst driving his mind to meditate murder.
Some who post here want you and me to imagine - over and over - that you had a gun with which to kill the deadly actor dead. This conflicts with my faith, and so I refuse to practice that scenario in my mind and I reject the assertion that this is the best solution.
Instead, I spend my time practicing empathy, that with everyone I meet, I might better understand the angst they are feeling. Then having understood the angst that drives them, I practice finding and delivering the words that in some way allay that angst and heal those hurts - thereby removing the need for deadly action on every side. Mostly I suck at this, but it is a strategy that my heart can live with. In my experience, though, words - if you can find the right ones - are much more effective than bullets.
If I wanted to wield deadly force, and serve as judge, jury and executioner ever, I would have chosen a career in law-enforcement.
--
"They didn't care, they were just dyin' to get off" - Eagles, Life in the Fast Lane