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Resistance See other Resistance Articles Title: Training Kindergarten Teachers To Use Violence Violence. Weve heard a lot about violence lately
Gun Violence Violent Crime Violent Altercation Violent Video Games Violent Sports Violence on TV Etc. In fact, the message is so consistent and prevalent that I could understand if you might even catch yourself thinking that violence is bad from time to time. But is violence bad? True violence is disgusting. Its disturbing. It causes a visceral reaction when you see it. But is it bad? If you had a chance to go back in time and ask liberated Jews at the end of WWII if they thought that violence was bad, what do you think theyd say? Theyd probably say that German violence was bad and Allied violence was good. Do you think theyd criticize US use of violence in the process of neutralizing their oppressors
and maybe say we should have tried to understand Hitler better? What about a hostage who finds the knife that was just pressed against her neck suddenly laying on the ground next to her dead former captor
who has a fresh, new hole in the bridge of his nose? Do you think shed criticize the use of violence by the person who saved her life? No. Again, Im betting shed say that the bad guys use of violence was bad but the good guys use of violence was good. What about a college co-ed who successfully defends herself from being raped by crushing and breaking parts of her attacker to the point where they can never be repaired. Was her use of violence bad? No, but her attackers use of violence was most definitely bad. Was the violent training and practice that led to these 3 positive outcomes bad? Its complicated. Violence is neither purely good nor purely bad and value judgements about violence are based on your perspective. Think of any active shooter situation and the murderers use of violence was always horrible, but in almost every case, the length of time that they were able to murder people was limited by a moral and ethical person who also used violence. Violence took lives. Violence saved lives. And in many cases, gun violence saved lives. The more empathetic you are, the more disgusting, repulsive, and horrible violence seems and, ironically, the more vital it is that you become fluent in the language and art of violence. Violent people dont need to take a class on violence. They dont need a course. They dont need to learn how to do what they already do to control and manipulate people on a regular basis. Nice, empathetic, peace loving peoplethe people who are the most repulsed by violenceare the ones who need to learn violence the most, because theyre the ones who are the easiest targets for someone whos willing to use violence to get what they want. In the times when posturing and verbal judo dont work, if your attacker is speaking the language of violence, its too late to start learning the language. Youve got to know how to dance before you get to the ball. Sheepdogs have this figured out. They live in the polite world, but are ready to flip the switch or turn the intensity knob and defend themselves and possibly others at a moments notice. I want to share 2 quotes with you that are particularly applicable. The first is from Tim Larkin, creator of Target Focus Training. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread
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