You don’t need to live. It’s a choice not a requirement.

Defending yourself is a choice too.

So is harming someone else.

If you say it’s my duty to defend myself or my family. You justify harming someone else.

If no one had a duty to protect themself or their family, the evils people would destroy the whole world and all life.

We pick the worse of the two evils. There must be a better way. You can’t flourish if you are proud to commit evil deeds. Even to survive or protect loved ones.

This is a topic people rarely talk about. It’s disgraceful to kill others. Yet can be seen as glorious. There is a better way.