Practical Philosophy, Thursday

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It was a wry-looking Ender who made it to the dorm lawn that morning. He was drinking a fair share of water, too.

"Unfortunately, I've been felled by something of a headache, so let's keep this short," he said. "We're now parked on a world where violence appears to be normal - a part of everyday life. It leaves me to wonder what it might mean to all of you. We come from such vastly different worlds, with such vastly different conceptions of what it means to be violent. Mine, for instance, kept such things rigidly controlled within our own borders - but we were willing to lash out with impunity and any perceived attackers from beyond. But because my people were no longer used to it, weren't numb to it, they had to work around... the consequences of making violent choices."

That was about as in-depth as he was getting about that, unless someone questioned it.

"What is violence to you?"

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Violently.

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Mara Jade

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Hyacinthe

Talk.

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What is violence to you?

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"'Tis a sign of failure," Hyacinthe said, succinctly.

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"A sign of failure," Ender echoed. "What failure?"

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"Mine," Hya said. "If I'm stuck actually fighting, it means I wasn't smart enough or fast enough to get out of trouble in the first place. I'm a deft enough hand with knives, but no self-respecting Tsingani would be caught fighting when there's any other way out of it."

Sorry if you were expecting some deeper philosophy, Ender. Hya was a lover--and also a fighter, but then only under duress.

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"So you consider violence something to be avoided at all costs," Ender said. "Do you believe that goes only for Tsingani, or for the clever, or...?"

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"Not at all costs," Hyacinthe corrected. "There are reasons to fight. Protecting another. Protecting what's yours. That kind of thing. But it's better to not be in those situations in the first place. If things have escalated to violence, it's a sign that you should have found a way to divert it earlier."

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"And how far should you go, if you reach the point of violence?" Ender said. "Disabling your opponents? Killing them?"

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He doesn't look violent, does he?

OOC

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I am going on something of an Expedition this afternoon, so I'll be slow. But I have workable tiny phone internets at last, so who knows?


oh dante, you little shit.