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Do words hurt?
“Sicks and stones will break my bones but names will never hurt me.”
Child proverb
Do Words Hurt?
Words are spirit and they affect the spirit.
Peaceful words and angry words have no difference only to those who do not listen.
If words had no effect they wouldn't yell at you in boot camp. DI's job is to break your spirit, destroy your will and replace it with their own.
A will to kill.
Originally posted by LesMisanthrope
reply to post by backcase
Words are spirit and they affect the spirit.
Peaceful words and angry words have no difference only to those who do not listen.
Only the spirit affects the spirit. Words convey nothing but your own spirit.
Philosophical BS rhetoric.
As a practice matter go out and start insulting people and see who gets their teeth knocked out or worse.
Then who's hurt?
Academic tripe!!
Originally posted by LesMisanthrope
reply to post by olaru12
Philosophical BS rhetoric.
As a practice matter go out and start insulting people and see who gets their teeth knocked out or worse.
Then who's hurt?
Academic tripe!!
See? Nothing. Your words have not affected a thing but yourself. I look at your words and see superstitious nonsense, a deifying of words, pretending they are more powerful then they are, when it is simply not the case. How you deal with your imagination is your doing.
Originally posted by LesMisanthrope
reply to post by intrptr
If words had no effect they wouldn't yell at you in boot camp. DI's job is to break your spirit, destroy your will and replace it with their own.
A will to kill.
I have argued that the only affect is the affect one has on oneself. It is because we have a superstition regarding words that we believe them to have power over us.
As articulate as you are; Your thoughts and post mean absolutely nothing to me; because I don't care what you say or think.
Is that what you wanted to hear?
Tell that to the Private Pyle's of the world.
www.google.com...
Or the abused kids that shoot up schools and movie theaters. What we see is a product of many years of verbal and emotional abuse. A touch to much and... wham. I say be nice to someone if you can.
Interesting notion for a thread. You do realize that you are tempting people to insult you here? And you say your armor is thick. Let me know how you feel at the end of the day...
It's part of our learning process. When I know my words have "hurt" somebody, I always feel bad. I then attempt to auto correct. Through experience and interaction. I try not to repeat the mistake again. Sometime I still do - but I try to stay cognizant of mistakes I make. I make them all the time. Some won't internalize it that way. Some will think, score 1 for me. I don't know why some people are like that, or think that way. Different place in growth and being?
That's the best way I can put it. I always feel a little out of place and adrift in Les Mis's threads. His understanding and wealth in knowledge of philosophy - far surpasses my own.