Claws are wonderful things to have.
Discerning when and when not to use those claws can be very effective when it comes to what benefits mankind. lol
Claws can also be quite the fun thing to have - except from the owners’ point of view - of the domesticated cat.
Humans have many traits animals don’t. There is a significant difference between the two. You can redefine the concept of animal to be all-inclusive, sure, but that doesn’t make the difference go away. It merely shifts it. Instead of talking about “humans vs animals” we now talk about “one type of animal vs another type of animal”.
I sympathize with the anti-animal and anti-darwinism stance. However, I don’t think that entails being anti-violence.
I’ll give an example with animals, since remember, this applies not only to humans, but to all living organisms. Say a starved group of wolves and a starved bear find a deer cadaver. There is only enough meat on it for either the wolves, or the bear. If the former eat and survive, the latter dies, and if the latter eats and survives, the former die. What would you consider offensive, defensive, or non-directional behavior in this case by the bear and wolves?
Say the bear reaches the cadaver first and takes it for himself, attacking any wolf which tries to take it away from him… I assume you’d say he is being defensive, while the wolves are being offensive, no?
Well first of all, is there something “wrong” in being offensive as opposed to defensive? Are both parties not trying to survive, offense/defense merely being different methods of accomplishing this goal? Is there some magical reason why if the bear reaches the cadaver first the wolves have to give it to him?
In reality, there is no such thing as “defense” in the sense you’re using it in the first place, since by occupying space and consuming energy other organisms could consume, one is already being offensive.
Sadness will only come when the fervor of his extreme ideals breaks him, ideals that rob another, his soulmate, of her potential, her joy in having lived. I feel more sorry for his mentor.
I think you’re having some troubles here. You’re doing deductions from definitions, but your definitions aren’t conventional, and the stipulations that you’re making to justify your unconventional definitions expose more about your politics than they do any reality.
Human competition violent or otherwise will eventually destroy humanity with this entire planet along with it. So no, I don’t glamorize violence or competition whatsoever.