I'd like to think of myself as a pretty decent human being. I keep my lawn mowed, raise my kids, and go to work every day. I'm a good husband to one woman. I donate my time and my treasure to the organizations and people I believe in. I try to help people where I can.
But, here's the deal:
If you hit me, as much as I might try to turn the other cheek, I might hit you back. If you hit me repeatedly after I've told you you're hurting me, that likelihood goes up.
If you target my children, my friends, my family, the likelihood of me hitting back becomes greater still.
If you kill my children, well ... God knows what I might do.
If you hold my head under water long enough, I'm going to become violent trying to escape.
You would, too, and if you have any sense at all, you know it.
If you make someone sufficiently angry and hopeless, particularly if they're young and male, they're going to flip the table and burn the world down. This is well documented sociology.
It's human nature. It's not good. It's not bad. It's not any other value judgement you'd like to place on it. It simply *IS*.
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