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musing-threads · @hlezama · Dec 30 '18

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@chrisrice · Dec 31 '18

If someone slaps you on the right cheek, would you offer the other cheek?

<p>I agree with your assessment. </p><p>The Philosophy taught by Christ is indeed a valuable set of ideas and is better than "an eye for an eye" but it isn't the best Philosophy for Personal Relationships.</p><p>Self-Respect and Mutually Respect can be fostered, promoted and even enforced in our personal lives, and ultimately achieves greater results than Lose-Win exchanges.</p><p>Win-Win is better!</p>

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@hlezama · Dec 31 '18

Absolutely. I know quite a bit how detrimental offering the other cheek can be. In a culture like ours, where being honest and a pacifist is considered to be *pendejo* (dumb), people take advantage of whoever practices that.
Very often we have to stand up and avoid the hit, at least, if we want to continue in the game.
You have  avery happy new year's eve celebration. My best wishes for you and your beautiful family.

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@chrisrice · Jan 2 '19

$0.11

I am finally done editing my answer for this question @hlezama.

My main concern with turning the other cheek is that the victim of the slaps eventually becomes the aggressor (if they are slapped enough times), and I don't want to be an aggressor.

Even Christ, who was meant to depict the Perfect Human Being, is said to become an aggressor in the Bible stories.

**i.e.** Christ is depicted as an aggressor towards the end of the Bible stories, when the stories say he will return to Earth, and  cast his enemies, non-supporters and bystanders in burning sulfur.

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