Pete Wright

Look at any of the riots where you have lines of police and you get the students or protesters throwing rocks and bottles and Molotov cocktails at the lines of authority and there's conflict in the streets. We recognize... That's an unkind situation. And perspectives of each side recognize the other side as unkind, right?

Look at any of the riots where you have lines of police and you get the students or protesters throwing rocks and bottles and Molotov cocktails at the lines of authority and there's conflict in the streets. We recognize... That's an unkind situation. And perspectives of each side recognize the other side as unkind, right?

And we all relate, I think, because of the noisy culture that we're in, that this is a horrific situation and we should not have gotten to this point. And yet... You see a commercial that displays the scene of a riot and you get a child going up to a police officer and handing them a Coke. Yeah. And it becomes the joke that, you know, lasted for ages.

And we all relate, I think, because of the noisy culture that we're in, that this is a horrific situation and we should not have gotten to this point. And yet... You see a commercial that displays the scene of a riot and you get a child going up to a police officer and handing them a Coke. Yeah. And it becomes the joke that, you know, lasted for ages.

Okay. This is the point. That ad comes from a massive corporate industrialist advertising machine. I get it. Right. But also it's an ad with a message of kindness and it became a joke to the Vox Populi immediately. Yeah. Why is that?

Okay. This is the point. That ad comes from a massive corporate industrialist advertising machine. I get it. Right. But also it's an ad with a message of kindness and it became a joke to the Vox Populi immediately. Yeah. Why is that?

It's so interesting because I totally agree with you, and I think that is the general sense. But what it tells me is that the eighth sin should be like capitalism because we don't understand the other virtues if this is our answer to kindness, if this is how we're going to try and display what genuine acts of kindness are.

It's so interesting because I totally agree with you, and I think that is the general sense. But what it tells me is that the eighth sin should be like capitalism because we don't understand the other virtues if this is our answer to kindness, if this is how we're going to try and display what genuine acts of kindness are.

And I think that's the thing that sort of, I don't know, that hurts. That's the thing that hurts. Yeah, I agree. That causes me to be reflective is the gap. So, you know, I mean, patience and kindness, my usual drill. What is it that motivates positive behavior and constrains negative behavior? We got a lot of kindness-focused campaigns that aim to redefine social norms and

And I think that's the thing that sort of, I don't know, that hurts. That's the thing that hurts. Yeah, I agree. That causes me to be reflective is the gap. So, you know, I mean, patience and kindness, my usual drill. What is it that motivates positive behavior and constrains negative behavior? We got a lot of kindness-focused campaigns that aim to redefine social norms and

to reduce aggression and conflict in communities, promoting patience as a virtue discourages road rage and impulsive acts of anger. These are things that tend to work, tend to start early. model good behavior at home and at school, most importantly at home, actually allows kids to rewire their brains and become young adults that actually display these virtues.

to reduce aggression and conflict in communities, promoting patience as a virtue discourages road rage and impulsive acts of anger. These are things that tend to work, tend to start early. model good behavior at home and at school, most importantly at home, actually allows kids to rewire their brains and become young adults that actually display these virtues.

I think this stuff is really interesting. The biggest challenge of thinking about like patience and kindness is that we don't think about patience and kindness enough as the things that they are. We go about saying, be kind, be patient, And that is not introspection. That's not teaching each other what it means to be kind and patient.

I think this stuff is really interesting. The biggest challenge of thinking about like patience and kindness is that we don't think about patience and kindness enough as the things that they are. We go about saying, be kind, be patient, And that is not introspection. That's not teaching each other what it means to be kind and patient.

It's just words. It's just words. It's just like telling people what to do without background. I'm saying that as a parent. And it makes me reflect on the times that I've said, you have to be kind at school without actually saying, what does it look like? To be kind, because I assume everybody already knows.

It's just words. It's just words. It's just like telling people what to do without background. I'm saying that as a parent. And it makes me reflect on the times that I've said, you have to be kind at school without actually saying, what does it look like? To be kind, because I assume everybody already knows.

When in fact, what just reading about it this week has told me, I often don't really know what the kind answer is to a particular conflict situation.

When in fact, what just reading about it this week has told me, I often don't really know what the kind answer is to a particular conflict situation.

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