Wednesday, 31 March 2010

It is a waste of time to be aggressive

Why bother being aggressive, why not just let people get on with their lives? We generally excuse aggression with the appeal that it is for the greater good, even to the advantage of the victim.

Prohibitionists will seek to deny drugs to people who choose freely to take them, for the benefit of the person being restricted, or licensed. How can it be to the advantage of the victim to suffer the initiation of force, surely, perhaps the beneficiary is the one imposing the violence? The aggressor likes to see the world reflect their own prejudices and ignorance. They do not like to be made aware of the contradictions to their thinking provided by reality and they seek to impose themselves on others as a consequence.

Being aggressive takes effort and is a waste of time.

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