Tag: Violence

  • Happy New Year!

    Happy New Year!

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    As we begin another travel around the sun I am, like many others at this time of year, caught up in an introspective mood. This past year has proven the utility of conflict studies for me. I have had many opportunities in 2023 to use my negotiation skills and knowledge of conflict for practical purposes.…

  • Violence and Nonviolence are a Choice

    Violence and Nonviolence are a Choice

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    Violence is a Choice I was recently reminded of the idea that the commitment of any violent act is a choice. My years studying conflict resolution have led me to thinking that violence is a failure of the conflict resolution process. However, people can always choose to resort to violence, even as they go through…

  • Thoughts and Prayers

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    Not all socially inept and sexually maladjusted loners commit random acts of gun violence; however, it does seem that many of them grow up to be #Republican legislators. #thoughtsandprayers — Leo (@leorbar) February 15, 2018  

  • On Veteran’s Day and Nonviolence

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    Today is veteran’s day. I am a veteran. My wife and I had a day off from work, so she treated me to a movie. I like war movies, so we went to see Fury.  It was basically two-hours worth of industrial scale inhumanity and slaughter; however, it did do its job of taking you away from reality for…