Jainism

[Peebothuhlu]

At work.

The fek it does.

That's almost on a par with "I only beat my wife a little bit."

  No, violence is always a bad thing. That's why the word maps to certain behaviour.

That's your subjective opinion. If we go by rational ethics, violence is not always a bad thing, but at the most it can be said is generally a bad nothing. Who can deny, for example, that violence for the purpose of self-defense is not a bad thing? The very State itself is an institution whose power rests on its capability to inflict violence on those that challenge its writ. Is the existence of the State a bad thing? And do you disagree with the Just War Theory?

Okay, first off semantically it's not "My opinion" the word really does map to specific behaviour.

My subjective wishing it mapped to unicorn farts means nothing.

In your mention of "Self defence" of course is the unmentioned violence already being perpetrated to which the 'Defense' is a reaction. Also there is the possible option (Of course not always) of "De - escalation".

Now if you live under such a tyranny of government in which you fear for your safety I truly feel sorry for you.


My Puk-ish nature has me continue with "So....how often is it that you beat your wife?"