I don't really understand this. I can't think of any time in the last 5 years (basically since graduating college) where I've had an interaction with a complete stranger that threatened to escalate to violence where I would have needed to use any kind of non-violent dispute resolution. Where do all these disputes happen? I have verbal conflict with my wife on occasion (in which I now know I WAS in fact wrong and she of COURSE was right, right?) and have had disagreements with church members on the church council but thats all been rather civil.Keith B wrote: So how long have you had your license? And, I will tell you that knowing how to resolve conflict is an important topic for many. If you never have issues with conflict, then you are not the norm.
While I'm 6'1" and 174lbs its all rather underpowered and uncoordinated gangly limbs that stand no chance to defend myself in a fight so my main goal in public is to just be easy going. I suppose now that we have a child there are going to be more interactions with strangers (playground fights, complaints about the baby's noise) so maybe I'll have more chances to do non-violent dispute resolution then. I'm just not a fighter. Its hard for me to understand why someone would want to fight me, defies comprehension.