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Can Anger ever be justified?

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  1. john boy

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    With so much going on around the world whether that's Disaster's such as Floods, Earthquakes or even Wars, we tend to look for someone or something to blame in a lot of cases, question being......Can anger ever be justfied.
    We can all get upset or annoyed from time to time, so what does it take for you to get angry or mad?
     
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    Crazy Pinoy drivers, wife playing back videos on her phone that she recorded. I could go on but......
     
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    Back before Woke society, my mother taught me how to raise my kids. She explained how being angry or mad is never a justification for my actions. For example, if I believed my boy needed a spanking I had to count to 10, calm down, get out of that angry or mad feeling, and then decide if a spanking was the best option. If so, I lectured the boy on what he had done wrong and why he was getting spanked. Eventually, he reached the point where he said: "Dad, I know I am getting a spanking so can we skip the lecture and get right to it? I hate that talking part!"

    IMO, this same attitude needs to be employed in all problems that "get you angry or mad".
     
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    Lies and deliberately being deceitful. I spent a lot of time being angry when I first arrived because when people made commitments to work or "do something" or try to befriend me they were not be honest.
    Now I simply expect nothing or even expect what I am told what "they" will do to not happen and I am at peace.

    2nd- most times when someone starts a comment with "If I were you I would"

    3 is a frustration- just because I'm a foreigner I am not rich, sleeping on a matress stuffed with 100 dollar bills

    4, and probably most noticeable within me: When people pretend to be ritious, divout, and God fearing yet their lives dont match. So many examples of people justifying their sins saying something along the lines of "it is a "small sin" or not knowing the regulations of their own denomination, making excuses instead of acknowledging their fault.

    Back to the top, I realized I'm not responsible for how others live their lives nor can I educate people whho refuse to listen. I live by the law the best I can, I try to set an example to others, and I work daily not to judge.
     
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    john boy DI Forum Luminary Highly Rated Poster

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    Danger is just one letter away from anger
     
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    Of course it can.

    If you provoke somebody long enough and strong enough at a certain point he will react accordingly and has all rights to do so.

    If you take piece by piece from somebody don't be surprised if he says stop at a certain time.

    Don't cross the red line. That's the best way not to give other people a justified reason to defend their rights and belongings.

    Simply said, just don't f*ck around with other people, neighbors or even countries.
     
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    Provocation can indeed cause retaliatiation, that's how wars are started 100%.......reasons of fear or for freedom can also be justifiable.
    But lets not mix politics and domestic in the same category
     
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    I agree not to mix up things.

    I agree as well that provocation can cause retaliation in all fields of life abd that fear is a very strong force to react, or overreaction.
     
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    I plead the 5th
     
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