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Modern attitudes to conflict
OMG.
He's taken the things I've been theorizing but thought I was alone and haven't been able to talk about, and he's put brilliant words to them. This is it!
Marc MacYoung, "Conflict: the 21st Century Taboo":
Current dogma is that conflict is bad. Physical violence is viewed as evil, abhorrent, traumatic, out of control and something that must socially engineered out of existence by policies, laws and legal retribution.
And yes we intentionally used the word 'dogma.' Much of what are being promoted as unquestionable 'truths' on these subjects are not only unproven, but in many instances demonstrably false (e.g. "Violence never solved anything"). Offering a different point of view is risky. Daring to question the veracity of popular 'truths' about violence is often an invitation to a tirade worthy of a religious fanatic.
At Conflict Communications we contend popular denial, condemnation and ignorance don't protect people from the trauma of conflict and violence. They instead leave people vulnerable and more traumatized. Simply stated, teaching abstinence does not instill coping skills regarding a normal human behavior.
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Just had to share that with somebody, while I'm sitting here all elated that anti-violence neurosis really, truly, is wrong. And there's a logical case for it.
He's taken the things I've been theorizing but thought I was alone and haven't been able to talk about, and he's put brilliant words to them. This is it!
Marc MacYoung, "Conflict: the 21st Century Taboo":
Current dogma is that conflict is bad. Physical violence is viewed as evil, abhorrent, traumatic, out of control and something that must socially engineered out of existence by policies, laws and legal retribution.
And yes we intentionally used the word 'dogma.' Much of what are being promoted as unquestionable 'truths' on these subjects are not only unproven, but in many instances demonstrably false (e.g. "Violence never solved anything"). Offering a different point of view is risky. Daring to question the veracity of popular 'truths' about violence is often an invitation to a tirade worthy of a religious fanatic.
At Conflict Communications we contend popular denial, condemnation and ignorance don't protect people from the trauma of conflict and violence. They instead leave people vulnerable and more traumatized. Simply stated, teaching abstinence does not instill coping skills regarding a normal human behavior.
(the rest of the article)
Just had to share that with somebody, while I'm sitting here all elated that anti-violence neurosis really, truly, is wrong. And there's a logical case for it.
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I always wondered if Ireland has done that too? Are our Irish-Australians playing out a relic of a culture that has long ago moved on?
Interesting too about the african people. Exactly what Tim Flannery was saying on the radio in an interview I heard.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Flannery
A note on the bowhunter's club. The Northern Territory ie my home! is notoriously a lot less regulated in this kind of area (hunting etc) than the rest of Australia, and is a large part of why the NT appeals to hunters. I wonder if that has any bearing on the social interactions, if people who are comfortable with that style are drawn here more than ones who aren't? I have no experience of southern hunting clubs so hey... Although Weaver (our hunter) just reminded me the other hunters she talked to in Canberra seemed cut from the same cloth.
Things to ponder huh!
Wanna be lj friends?
- Leonie
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i followed your link. seems like an age ago..oops it was. my first visit to LJ in ages, though i did make a mental note to reply to your "Wanna be lj friends" with an enthusiastic "YES"
huh. guess that sounds a bit insincere after such a long interval
you'll get used to me (i hope)
walkie :)
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We'll go friend you back, if we didn't already.
- Imoh (Leonie is asleep atm)