I guess I've sat on this long enough.

[insanocide]

Life is a strange sort of balancing act. Most times, I can’t decide whether it maintains itself regardless of our actions, or if we ourselves maintain it through constant internal struggle. Humans and the world we occupy can be at times compassionate, and at times savage. Just when one seems to dominate, the other declares its need to be

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[starshine2night]

I agree with what you said. However, in the interest of selfishness...I am quite glad that you and your friend are alright.

[insanocide]

Yeah... that's the way I'm trying to look at it too. Technically it was self-defense, pure and simple, and I've no reason to feel guilty. Still, an act of violence is an act of violence, and I don't respond well when they're committed against me (clearly!), so I tend to feel a sting to my conscience when I'm forced to commit them against others.

[starshine2night]

Marisha has embraced a very passive path. She will, literally, stand there and not defend herself. I don't care for that either. Obviously.

The middle path in all things. Defend, but only to defend and not to do more harm than needed.