glyph 406: producers, predators, defenders ... commerce, guardians ... defense of civilization, defendable space ... Dave Grossman, Killology, Warrior Science Group ... Jane Jacobs ... police, soldiers, military, use of force ..... violence in defense of producers . Ragnar Danneskjold ... updated at treehouseletter.com in 2015
"If you have no capacity for violence then you are a healthy productive citizen, a sheep. If you have a capacity for violence and no empathy for your fellow citizens, then you have defined an aggressive sociopath, a wolf. But what if you have a capacity for violence, and a deep love for your fellow citizens? What do you have then? A sheepdog, a warrior, someone who is walking the hero's path. Someone who can walk into the heart of darkness, into the universal human phobia, and walk out unscathed."
The original was posted by Dave Grossman, the author, on sheepdogenterprises.com, now gone.
See also the discussion of producers, predators, and guardians in Jane Jacobs, Systems of Survival: A Dilogue on the Moral Foundations of Commerce and Politics. -leif smith
Thanks to Chris Huston, of Defensive Response Training, Inc., for the original referral to Dave Grossman's article, in 2007.
https://explorersfoundation.org/glyphery/406.html
October 6, 2007; edited/updated March 20, 2025