Psyche logos

10 Interpersonal Aggression 357 Interpersonal Aggression To live without killing is a thought which could electrify the world, if men were only capable of staying awake long enough to let the idea soak in. —Henry Miller Untuk hidup tanpa pembunuhan adalah pikiran yang bisa menggemparkan dunia, jika laki-laki hanya mampu tetap terjaga cukup lama untuk membiarkan ide merendam masuk -Henry Miller Pada tanggal 2 Oktober 2002, sekitar pukul 6:00 PM, James D. Martin berdiri di tempat parkir sebuah toko kelontong Wheaton, Maryland. Dia ada di sana untuk membeli bahan makanan untuk gerejanya. Entah dari mana datang celah senapan dan beberapa saat kemudian Martin terbaring sekarat di tanah di tempat parkir. Hanya beberapa jam kemudian di 07:40 Amon 3 Oktober 2003, James Buchanan ditembak mati dengan cara yang sama ketika ia sedang memotong rumput di sebuah dealer mobil di White Flint, Maryland. Jadi mulai penembakan yang akan mengklaim kehidupan lebih tujuh korb

Whoever destroys a single life is as guilty as though he had destroyed the entire world; and whoever rescues a single life earns as much merit as though he had rescued the entire world. —The Talmud Siapapun yang menghancurkan kehidupan tunggal sebagai bersalah seolah-olah dia telah menghancurkan seluruh dunia, dan barangsiapa menyelamatkan kehidupan tunggal menghasilkan sebanyak pahala seolah-olah dia telah menyelamatkan seluruh dunia. -The Talmud   When Irene Gut Opdyke was growing up in Poland during the 1930s, she could never have imagined the fate that the future had in store for her. Irene was born in a small village in Poland on May 5, 1922. Early in her life she decided to enter a profession that involved helping others, so she enrolled in nursing school. However, Irene had to flee her home when the Nazis invaded Poland in 1939. Irene eventually joined a Polish underground unit but was beaten and raped by a group of Russian soldiers who found her

Interpersonal Attraction and Close   Relationships   Intimate relationships cannot substitute for a life plan. But to have any meaning or viability at all, a life plan must include intimate relationships. —Harriet Lerner Both had been born in California and had lived in the San Francisco Bay area. Both eventually left the United States to live in Paris. The first  visit between these two people, who would be lifelong friends and lovers, did not begin well. They had become acquainted the previous night at a Paris restaurant and had arranged an appointment for the next afternoon at Gertrude’s apartment. Perhaps anxious about the meeting, Gertrude was in a rage when her guest arrived a half hour later than the appointed time. But soon she recovered her good humor, and the two went walking in the streets of Paris. They found that each loved walking, and they would share their thoughts and feelings on these strolls for the rest of their lives together. On that first afternoon