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Re: Winning conflicts

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From: Richard Marken
Date: Thu, 06 May 1999 00:00
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[From Rick Marken (990506.0930)]

Martin Taylor:

> I think it not a good idea to use the term "coercion" to
> apply to all interactions between people

Me:

>I agree! I think it should only be applied to the coercive
>ones.

Martin Taylor (990506 00:06)

> I wrote that because I have understood you on several occasions
> to say that all interactions between people are coercive according
> to your definition--and indeed, if one analyses interactions using
> your definition, they are truly all coercive.

A very impressive job of understanding me;-)

Coercion (to me) is control of the behavior of one person by
another. If you think that, by this definition, all interactions
between people are coercive then there we jolly well are, aren't
we;-)

Best

Rick
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