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Originally Posted by lynn P.
There's only one problem with the authors premise and that is - there are some people who can't be rehabilitated...
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Do you
know this? Do you think it is that they cannot be rehabilitated ever, or we just don't know how to do it now?
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and even if we shower them with understanding and empathy they'll hurt you in a split second. If the empathy center isn't there, you can instill it or create it. If a person had the greatest parents and opportunities to foster a well behaving person, but this person does the opposite - what is society supposed to call this kind of person and what does the authors model do for them or us?
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We are not obligated to forego self-defense. It's just that looking at things differently may lead to different ways of dealing (while still being careful)...