{"id":54837,"date":"2024-02-15T11:02:06","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T10:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/let-us-defend-ourselves-and-others\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T13:20:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T12:20:51","slug":"defend-yourself-and-others","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/defend-yourself-and-others\/","title":{"rendered":"DEFEND YOURSELF AND OTHERS"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"54837\" class=\"elementor elementor-54837 elementor-22282\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6ffcc94 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"6ffcc94\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dc256a9\" data-id=\"dc256a9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca9c48f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ca9c48f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">AVOID HARM! DEFEND YOURSELF AND OTHERS<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d15bb2f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d15bb2f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ec6bd2b\" data-id=\"ec6bd2b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d52e88 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7d52e88\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Captura-de-Pantalla-2024-07-03-a-las-12.01.33.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-41359\" src=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Captura-de-Pantalla-2024-07-03-a-las-12.01.33-300x199.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Captura-de-Pantalla-2024-07-03-a-las-12.01.33-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Captura-de-Pantalla-2024-07-03-a-las-12.01.33-600x398.png 600w, https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Captura-de-Pantalla-2024-07-03-a-las-12.01.33.png 664w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We have the right to self-defense. Therefore, if someone abuses us or others, instead of remaining passively idle, we should defend ourselves and defend others. <\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let us start in the most peaceful and assertive way possible, but if the aggressor does not correct their behavior, let us respond more firmly. And, exceptionally, if there is no other way to prevent the abuse, it may even be necessary to resort to violence. <\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><strong>ASSERTIVENESS<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is advisable to try to resolve conflicts assertively. In fact, I am not the most suitable person to speak about this quality, since my natural tendency is clearly justice-upright-avenging, and at times I can become very irritable about injustices. However, having read something about assertiveness helps me try to moderate my reactions filled with indignation and defensive aggressiveness in response to abuse.  <\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Assertiveness involves expressing what one thinks, feels, and wants respectfully towards others. It means defending one&#8217;s own rights or needs without being hostile, without attacking, offending, threatening, or coercing, and without allowing oneself to be attacked or offended.  Read more at&#8230;<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">&#8230;<em><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Las-Tecnicas-del-Bienestar-Personal-electronico-provisional.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Personal Well-Being Techniques&#8221;<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><strong>FIRMNESS<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If the above is of no use, it is justified to move from gentleness, diplomacy, and exquisite politeness to firmness. When someone crosses the line and does not stop the abuse, we have the right to speak loudly and clearly, even if they do not like it.<span style=\"background-color: var(--base-2); color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size );\"> If that does not work, the situation is taking a very dark turn, so we may threaten them with legal or other actions and even shout at them, so that trampling on others does not come for free. And let us know that it is natural and entirely legitimate<\/span><span style=\"background-color: var(--base-2); color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\"> to feel indignation and to have negative feelings<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); background-color: var(--base-2);\"> both toward the abuses and toward the victimizers.<\/span> <\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/speaking-up-loud-and-clear-against-injustice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><span style=\"background-color: var(--base-2); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size );\">LET US LIVE WITHOUT CAUSING HARM!: Speak loudly and clearly in the face of injustice<\/span><\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/?page_id=56455\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LIVING WITHOUT CAUSING HARM: Do not tell others how they should feel<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If the abuser does not correct their behavior, it is a very bad sign and means it is advisable to use legal channels.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><strong>VIOLENCE<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/defensa.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"LET US DEFEND OURSELVES AND OTHERS\" src=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/defensa-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\"><\/a><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When all of the above is not enough, it is justified to defend ourselves by force. In fact, all states use violence to enforce the law when they cannot do so peacefully, with police officers who shoot criminals or riot police who spray water at aggressive demonstrators. <\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Therefore, in the West, since Roman times, we have depicted justice as a woman holding a set of scales high in one hand and, in the other, a sword, ready in case it must be used to restore rightful order. That is why this symbol can be seen in many courts. <\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/OIG2-15.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-31501\" src=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/OIG2-15-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/OIG2-15-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/OIG2-15-100x100.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/OIG2-15-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/OIG2-15.jpeg 351w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In fact, some democracies have been achieved peacefully, but many others through liberal revolutions when it was not possible by peaceful means to put an end to tyrannical monarchies and dictatorships. The same occurred with the abolition of slavery in the southern United States or in Haiti. <\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For example, it is a legitimate right to attack with a weapon inside one\u2019s home if someone breaks in with bad intentions. And it is right that the laws of all countries protect this. <\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That said, it is advisable to limit coercive means to exceptional situations and to use judicial, administrative, political, media, and other channels.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><strong>PROPORTIONALITY<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In any case, what is right is that the response be proportional: large for major abuses, medium for moderate abuses, and small for minor grievances.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/be-proportionate-in-the-face-of-abuse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HOW TO LIVE WITHOUT CAUSING HARM?: Be proportional in the face of abuse<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, there is an exception to this golden rule: emergency situations. At times, to defend oneself from an attack it is necessary to act swiftly and forcefully like lightning, causing harm (which could even result in death) to avoid the risk that they will threaten one\u2019s own physical integrity. <\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are situations in which there is no choice but to react within seconds or fractions of a second. In those cases, it would be absurd to demand that the victim ask their victimizer: <\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; padding-left: 40px;\">-Tell me how you plan to attack me and please give me a few minutes so that I can calculate the proportionality of my defense against the attack you intend to carry out against me. Let me call my lawyer and the duty court to ask how I should react so that later they do not tell me that I overreacted. <\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Therefore, what is right is that laws include both the general rule of proportionality and the emergency exception. Proportionality is a principle that, if applied with glass-like rigidity, causes justice to shatter into sharp pieces that end up cutting and harming innocent victims. <\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><strong>DEFENDING OTHERS<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the other hand, we have the right (and the ethical duty) to defend other people who are being abused, even by bringing to light and opposing injustices committed by ethnic, national, religious, ideological, and other groups, no matter how much this may displease complicit members of those groups.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/do-no-harm-be-open-and-avoid-harmful-gregariousness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FOR A WORLD WITHOUT HARM: Avoid harmful gregariousness<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And therefore we have the freedom (and the moral obligation) to speak about politics and religion when it is to expose and denounce abuses that have that dimension. Of course, all of this will always irritate victimizers and their accomplices, but it is basic and necessary to eradicate evil and achieve a just world. <\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/?page_id=54522\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">LET US PREVENT HARM!: Let us talk about politics and religion<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/report-injustice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">PREVENT HARM! Report injustice<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When one fights against an abuse, there will always be people for whom it is uncomfortable\u2014specifically, those who are part of that injustice, either as perpetrators or as accomplices, such as traditionalists who insist on maintaining the current abusive status quo. But that discomfort is part of those people\u2019s moral healing. <\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/preserve-the-good-and-change-the-harmful\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">THE ART OF LIVING WITHOUT CAUSING HARM: Be conservative with what is good and progressive with what is harmful<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I do not know about you, but I do not intend to stand idly by when an innocent person is victimized, because whoever harms that victim harms me as well.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\">LET US BE A PROTECTIVE SHIELD!<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In conclusion, it is our legitimate right (and moral duty) to defend ourselves and defend others against the aggressor using all means within our reach, while always respecting the rights of others. Therefore, I advise you to do so as well, and to encourage others to do so. <\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thank you for sharing to help achieve a world with less harm,<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7180a3f elementor-share-buttons--view-icon elementor-share-buttons--shape-circle elementor-share-buttons--align-center elementor-share-buttons--skin-gradient elementor-grid-0 elementor-share-buttons--color-official elementor-widget elementor-widget-share-buttons\" data-id=\"7180a3f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"share-buttons.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"elementor-share-btn elementor-share-btn_whatsapp\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\trole=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\taria-label=\"Share on whatsapp\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-share-btn__icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fab fa-whatsapp\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"elementor-share-btn elementor-share-btn_email\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\trole=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\taria-label=\"Share on email\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-share-btn__icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fas fa-envelope\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"elementor-share-btn elementor-share-btn_x-twitter\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\trole=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\taria-label=\"Share on x-twitter\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-share-btn__icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fab fa-x-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"elementor-share-btn elementor-share-btn_facebook\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\trole=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\taria-label=\"Share on facebook\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-share-btn__icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fab fa-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"elementor-share-btn elementor-share-btn_linkedin\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\trole=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\taria-label=\"Share on linkedin\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-share-btn__icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fab fa-linkedin\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e1f8d4b elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e1f8d4b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5a8f75d\" data-id=\"5a8f75d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22d2773 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"22d2773\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong> Xavier Paya <\/strong><\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><b>Living Without Harm initiative<\/b><\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #e5ac1b;\"><a style=\"color: #e5ac1b; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1705739656386000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0r_zOrwTRU9jKMsNGkX-Vn\">www.institutodelbienestar.com<\/a><\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">LET&#8217;S NOT HARM ANYONE, except in legitimate self-defense against an aggressor.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Read:<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #e5ac1b;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #e5ac1b; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/no-danes\/publicaciones\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1705739656386000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1Y-BstuMG-ZGz1yLfoAV21\">other<span style=\"color: #e5ac1b; text-decoration: underline;\"> articles<\/span> from LET US NOT HARM!&#8230;<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e303ec elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1e303ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>With the <b>Living Without Harm initiative<\/b>, we strive to prevent any kind of suffering or harm from being caused to you, your loved ones, and others.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AVOID HARM! DEFEND YOURSELF AND OTHERS We have the right to self-defense. Therefore, if someone abuses us or others, instead of remaining passively idle, we should defend ourselves and defend others. 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