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Admitted Defeat


Since when has violence not admitted Defeat of the mind. Diplomacy precedes war, which in punishing irony Defeats the physical mind. Verbal exchange precedes a fistfight Defeating communication in each turn. If you violently act, Do you admit defeat? And if that act is based in hate, Do you simultaneously claim certainty of world view and defeat of the mind? How sensless is your slur How ignorant is your violence Standing for what you believe in may be righteous But admitting defeat whilst doing so injures any noble claim
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