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Originally Posted by [Malks] Pixie
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Violence is defined by the World Health Organization as "the intentional use of physical force or power, threatened or actual, against oneself, another person, or against a group or community, which either results in or has a high likelihood of resulting in injury, death, psychological harm, maldevelopment, or deprivation,"...
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This instantly stands out to me as bureaucratic nonsense.
The threat of a thing is not the thing. If I threaten to kill you, I have not killed you. If I threaten to rape you, I have not raped you. If I threaten to commit violence upon you, I have not committed violence upon you.
If the threat of the thing is the same as the thing, then a threat to issue a threat to do the thing is the same as the thing. And a threat to threaten to threaten to do the thing is the same as the thing. Etc.
Living in a state of constant fear of physical violence can cause you harm, no doubt. But that harm is not violence.