I re-read your first definition of violence from Joanne Terell, and the abstract ..."in opposition to the dictates of conscience and freewill.", insists on interpretation and opens the ends to meaninglessness. But that aside, with ANY thought that exposes anyone to danger considered violent, my mental list of offenders flip-flops, and I can't think of a way to NOT merely expose to danger.Every thought lead to Every toy, utencil, buliding, marshmallow, mountain, grain of sand and fingernail has an inherent risk to cause danger... No offense, but it so broadens the definition as to not only include itself, the sharp paper its written on and the God that made the material for both...
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