Generally yes, though agressive-attack languague is usually frowned upon as well.
But there are biases in the perception of what 'counts.' If you look at the Mary Dyer poem, that presents an example of pirate-Friends backstopping someone who is doing something that today would generally be considered passively self-violent but at the time was considered heroic.
(And even today, the behavior might be framed asa mental health issue, rather than a violence issue, though both can be true at the same time.)
Even in modern times stuff like activist burnout is a problem for a lot of otherwise- compassionate people.
I find it /really/ interesting that on P-Earth, Quakers backstop allies from being overly aggressive to other people while the pirate-Friends backstop the Quakers from some risky-to-self behaviors.
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dancing_serpent
Re: Hmm ...
Date: 2024-12-25 03:16 pm (UTC)But there are biases in the perception of what 'counts.' If you look at the Mary Dyer poem, that presents an example of pirate-Friends backstopping someone who is doing something that today would generally be considered passively self-violent but at the time was considered heroic.
(And even today, the behavior might be framed asa mental health issue, rather than a violence issue, though both can be true at the same time.)
Even in modern times stuff like activist burnout is a problem for a lot of otherwise- compassionate people.
I find it /really/ interesting that on P-Earth, Quakers backstop allies from being overly aggressive to other people while the pirate-Friends backstop the Quakers from some risky-to-self behaviors.