I think that people punching other people is the default behavior, and it takes conscious effort to control yourself when you are angry at someone. E.g. drunk people who lost their inhibitions often get involved in fights. And people who are angry rejoice at any opportunity to let their inner animal out, feel the rush of adrenaline that comes with losing your inhibitions and not have to think about consequences or social condemnation.
2) It doesn’t accomplish much (though the hypothetical Nazi in question has said that he is more afraid of going outside, so I suppose it’s accomplished at least fear which may be a pro or con depending on your point of view, besides that however I don’t think it’s hindered Nazis very much and has only worsened the image of the anti-Nazis)
People like the strong and dislike the weak. If Nazis got punched all the time, they would be perceived as weak and nobody would join them. Even if they didn’t like the punching, most likely they would simply be a bystanders.
drunk people who lost their inhibitions often get involved in fights
Even here there may be a cultural element. I notice in Japan when I was there, men would be totally drunk without a hint of violence. In some cultures being drunk provides permission to be violent, similar perhaps to the way that men are ‘permitted’ to hug one another after scoring a goal on the playing field.
I think that people punching other people is the default behavior, and it takes conscious effort to control yourself when you are angry at someone. E.g. drunk people who lost their inhibitions often get involved in fights. And people who are angry rejoice at any opportunity to let their inner animal out, feel the rush of adrenaline that comes with losing your inhibitions and not have to think about consequences or social condemnation.
People like the strong and dislike the weak. If Nazis got punched all the time, they would be perceived as weak and nobody would join them. Even if they didn’t like the punching, most likely they would simply be a bystanders.
Even here there may be a cultural element. I notice in Japan when I was there, men would be totally drunk without a hint of violence. In some cultures being drunk provides permission to be violent, similar perhaps to the way that men are ‘permitted’ to hug one another after scoring a goal on the playing field.
Two thousand years ago, some guy in the Roman Empire got nailed to a piece of wood and left to die. How did that turn out?
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