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Soft Philosophy on Conflict Behaviour

Many conflicts today are handled with violence and anger. Could they be taken care of by making the opponent look like a joke instead?
Human beings behave differently depending on how close they are to people who they argue with. With best friends, it is common to express true feelings - something one might not necessarily do with complete strangers. Showing emotions should, as I see it, mean that the people one is angry at are also the people one appreciates. Since once you get angry at someone, feel disappointed or lost, that normally means you had highest hopes for the relationship with that person. But...

Look at the conflicts that are going on around globe. When in the western world someone does something that insults people on the other side of the planet, the consequences are often severe. Flags are burned in fire, cars destroyed, shops robbed and vandalized. Why so? I think that actually signals a wrong message. By being angry and behaving furiously, people do nothing but indicate that actually the doings of people on the other side of the planet really matter. Wouldn't it be much more efficient not to care? Make it all sound like a joke? Laugh at those who insulted them? Why not to say "darlings, we really don't care, you're indeed so funny!" instead of falling into a severe crisis and threat of war. Making the opponent look like an idiot is so much better than defence with anger and violence.

posted by Anicko @ 6:46 AM