Tolerance, Violence & Reality

The following posts discuss tolerance, violence and the reality of both, in sometimes graphic terms. But nothing can prepare one for the ultimate reality of violence which is both harmful and painful; the necessary antidote to violence is tolerance; the necessary antidote to hyperviolence is to restore the appropriate humanity to human relationships.

Both are discussed by Steve and I at some length. Like the clap of a zen masters hands: wake up to the reality of systematized violence and hyperviolence and more forcefully than any words: you should learn to be tolerant.

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Waldo Lydecker's Journal said…

I read all the following entries and I still don't know what the hell this means:

"Both are discussed by Steve and I at some length. Like the clap of a zen masters hands: wake up to the reality of systematized violence and hyperviolence and more forcefully than any words: you should learn to be tolerant."

March 9, 2008 at 10:21 PM

Brian said…

Hi Waldo, It means if you like and desire hyperviolence, stay the course. If you want more tolerance, do something different. Without the constraints of a civilization the human being can be brutal. Within its constraints, humans typically are not. You should not be fooled by the latest "isms" or philsophies, violence and hyperviolence are what they have always been, and civilization is what it has always been.

That does not mean that hyperviolence does not have its use, it can be used effectively to create peace but only when it provokes change within people whose violent desires are out of propositon to the humanity of those they wish to harm. It does not work when it becomes a systemic reaction to everyone in general. If you e-mail me I will show you what I mean, pallikaros@yahoo.com.

March 10, 2008 at 7:14 AM

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