Excellent write up, Blake. Thanks for sharing it with us. I hope for a day when people will understand non-violent communication and realize effective mechanisms for controlling their own negatively-charged, emotional responses. So many of these examples are powerful and effective because we give them power. It doesn't have to be this way. I'm thankful for people like yourself who have been trained in these ways but choose to use those skills to promote freedom instead of further slavery. Cheers to you, sir.