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Old Jun 17, 2011, 06:09 PM
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For me the point is to move from a position where it is considered useful to put labels on things or people, so that we can feel justified in our own superiorities -- to a position where we try to understand how people's lives get "distorted" and out of their rage they commit acts which are harmful to society -- and with that understanding of how things work in reality and not just in our wishes, to ameliorate the factors which lead to that harm.
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