School Boy Is Chided For Intervening In A Knife Attack.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/06/06/was-a-canadian-student-punished-by-his-school-after-stopping-a-knife-wielding-classmate/  As a philosophical anarchist, I often here the refrain that if anarchy were to take effect, it would lead to chaos. I like to respond by asking what do you call what we have now, if not chaos? I actually feel that if persons were empowered to take initiative, in handling interpersonal/social problems, then such threats could be directly nipped in the bud, at a grass roots level, before it would have opportunity to develope into a stronghold of violent crime. I therefore support a do it yourself approach of indivisual responsibility. Now this certainly does not mean that there are never times when one should seek help from others, or that violence is always the best way to deal with conflicts. We should certainly not resort to becoming vengeful vigilantes, lest we set off a vicious cycle of violence. But sometimes just, and proportionate force is called for in dealing with dangerous situations. And furthermore, I would like to address what I see as being the hypocritical, and nonsensical, atiitude which people such as namely Americans have towards violence. If someone, such as Briar Maclean, the boy mentioned in this story I linked to, get mixed up in a fight, though no one is killed, or even seriously hurt, he is faulted. But, if someone goes overseas to fight in a war, and ends up killing many people, including inadvertantly civilians, he will be lauded, and if killed honored with a memorial shrine. And religions, such as namely Christianity, do not help matters either. For it has a seemingly incoherent view of violence. It's position ranges from nonresistance http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonresistance#Christian_theology, to the Bush Doctrine of pre-emptive warfare http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bush_Doctrine#Compassionate_belief_and_religious_influence, with the more nuanced view of Just War Theory http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_war_theory in between. But more than this, I've noticed that Christians tend to cite various Bible passages, that are alternatately pro, and anti- violence, however they feel is convenient to suit their purposes. If you study the Bible, with the standpoint of "tota scriptura", it will be left to you to try and make over all sense out of it's precepts, such as pertains to the existance of violence, and what our position should be in relation to it. Now speaking for myself, as one whom might be described by some as being a Christian deist http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_deism, I adhere to the non-aggression principle http://nap.univacc.net/. Though probally most Christian anarchists http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_anarchism abide by absolute pacifism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_pacifism. But whatever principled position you might take, let's resolve to acts as we deem fit, in not only pursuing happiness for ourselves, but also the wellbeing of others. We should not have to be made to feel dependent upon the government in being benevolent. The welfare, and warfare, state can not do as optimal a work as voluntary mutual aid, and mutual defense, between persons within a given community. And upon such time as the people are altogether mature enough to be able, and willing to do so, the only sort of government we shall have will be self-government http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-governance, which in my view is the best government.