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    April 17, 2015, 12:17:24 PM
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    I would like to point out this article on self defence. Self defence can be executed on every level, for example to protect the value of your savings by diversification and using sound money. But ultimately, the pressure, theft and coercion comes down to one individual using force to violate another's rights, therefore called violation of rights, or just violence.

    Self defence is a mirror of rights, and you can not have the one without the other. This is broken down in this splendidly written short article by Major Caudill (can be found many places on the net):

    http://whatonearthishappening.com/images/stories/woeih/podcast/190/The-Gun-Is-Civilization.pdf

    I get some points of your argumentation. It is essential to the world view of separation (me and the others). Philosophy, physics and neuroscience show, that there is no separartion of me and the "sorrounding" enviroment. In this (broader) world view, you have to rethink the concept of life as a whole. This is why I think. The gun is just an evolutionary step, that has a role to play, but not so much in the way you (or your argumentation suggest it to). At least not in the long-term. You look for a crooked stick, if you want guns to be the big equalizer of our society.

    If you do not recognize the separation between yourself and others, a lot of discourse falls into irrelevance, but I am not there... You can not distinguish the mugger and yourself, so there is no difference whether you die, or he. Hmm, does that make sense?

    The separation between "you" and "me" and some say even "death" is constructed by your and my mind. That's all. Draw your own conclusions what this might mean for our interaction. Of course my mind is able to distinguish between the concept of "me" and "you". This is exactly, why I can follow your argumentation in parts.




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