04-15-2013, 11:08 PM
My interpretation of this is that one can polarize STO while engaged in war not because of the violence, but despite it.
It isn't the violence itself that is polarizing, in the case of STO, but the choice to focus on helping others, regardless of environmental circumstances.
In other words, one would polarize STO by engaging in an act of bravery to help others just the same, regardless of whether it's jumping in a frigid, raging river to save a drowning child, or jumping in the line of combat to save a comrade.
The river and the war are both external circumstances; is the choice to help an other-self that is polarizing.
Those who choose to engage in war, however, for the purpose of harming a perceived 'enemy' would polarize STS, even though their actions might appear the same. Both might engage in violence but their motivation is different.
It isn't the violence itself that is polarizing, in the case of STO, but the choice to focus on helping others, regardless of environmental circumstances.
In other words, one would polarize STO by engaging in an act of bravery to help others just the same, regardless of whether it's jumping in a frigid, raging river to save a drowning child, or jumping in the line of combat to save a comrade.
The river and the war are both external circumstances; is the choice to help an other-self that is polarizing.
Those who choose to engage in war, however, for the purpose of harming a perceived 'enemy' would polarize STS, even though their actions might appear the same. Both might engage in violence but their motivation is different.
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