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Another ramble. Earlier i rambled on compassion meaning this or that but what does compassion in a buddhist sense mean for someone who wants to harm? Its easy to know what it looks like to a person/group that doesnt actively threaten you. Of course I cant/wont hold others to my buddhist interpretation. The line consistently seems to be at taking of a life. All life in buddhism is sacred. Period. But if compassion means preventing brutalizations theres dissonance right? 1/?
What seems to make most sense to me is that these two dissonant sides are only merely dissonant. They cause the would be actor to take into deep consideration why they fight and how they go about it. Fighting even defensively will at some point include death. Even a monk can knock a cop over and that cop will die from head trauma or whatever whilst defending the sangha. Actions are not perfect and in a void of context though. These things happen. And to remain ideologically consistent... 2/?
...it only makes sense that one attempts to know why one is there and why one acts. It only makes sense that they act carefully about it. That violence is not to be taken lightly whatsoever. It by no means means do not fight. It means to know when to fight and when not to be unnecessarily brutal yourself. If one mired in dukkha will stop at nothing to spread suffering, than that individual cannot be allowed to continue. If they can be prevented without death, i figure thats best. Much love 
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