What's the difference between turning the other cheek and being a slave?

[yossarian]

I would follow the STS path and swing a bat right at his temple

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Is that an answer?

Again you have not answered the questions?

So in this second here and now, if you confronted a rapist attacking a woman in an alley, would you see yourself in him?

Yes.

Would you see the Creator in him?

Maybe, but I think probably not.

Would you allow him to continue becasue you would not want to infringe upon his free will?

No, I would stop him.

If not rape, where would you draw the line?

I draw the line somewhere around hate speech, so way before rape.

Basically, in that second of time would you agree that STS would not be a tolerable path to follow?

This is confusing. Are you assuming that the rapist is on the STS path and I am not?

I think the spiritual paths of the people in this drama are ambiguous. The rapist is not necessarily on an STS path, though I think it's clear he's taking STS actions which I judge as worthy of forceful intervention.