(04-25-2011, 10:01 PM)3DMonkey Wrote: It is our nature to protect our children, and most all ways are self serving.
You think it's self-serving to protect your own child? Once again I'm puzzled by your views.
Ask any mother. Most mothers would do anything, even gladly sacrifice their own lives, to save the lives of their children. How is that not STO?
Having a child is one of the most beautiful opportunities for STO polarizing, because the parent learns to care about others as much as, or even more than, self.
That is the very definition of STO!
In a moment of danger, for that parent to put self aside and think only about the welfare of the child, that too is STO.
This can be done while simultaneously loving and accepting the aggressor. But the parent's first responsibility is to the helpless (yes, helpless) child who has been entrusted into her care.
The aggressor initiated the action. It is an offer of STS service. To accept that offer, is to assist in STS polarization.