(Coercion requires
some responsibility over its use so Kiri explains
the rights and wrongs of when and when not to
coerce. Taking someone with alcohol as a problem
as an example, she goes over the proper reasoning
to use the skill.)
Kiri:
okay, I have my whip and my
tall hat and my cuffs so
without further ado.......oh
I'm also am a coercer.
Laura: pardon?
Kiri: a coercer.
Laura: okay.
Kiri: which means that I can
control other people by my
mind.
Laura: that could be useful.
Kiri: oh it's very useful but
we have very strict moral
rules which let's go into just
for the fun of it. Okay the
rule one of coercion, never
for personal gain. Rule two,
always remember rule one. Rule
three, remember rule one and
two. Okay seriously, rule
three is always weigh the odds
first. That's important
because if you make a decision
and it's a wrong decision, you
obviously haven't weighed the
odds properly and part of the
purpose of coercion is to be
able to get people to do what
you think is correct or what
you know to be correct.
Distinguishing what is right
and correct from what is wrong
and incorrect is very
important so a coercer has to
have the ability to be able to
figure out what is right for
somebody else because what
maybe right for me, may not be
right for you. So being able
to put myself in quote unquote
your shoes is very important.
For example, let us take a
situation, a hypothetical
situation. Let's say that you
like to imbibe in alcohol
right? And it's doing you
harm. Okay if I coerce you out
of it and coerce you to stop
drinking alcohol, it may make
you turn to something else
which may be much harsher and
harder. So in actual fact the
thing to do would be to coerce
you to make you realize that
the alcohol is bad and
therefore to let you make your
own choice whether or not to
quit knowing that it is now
wrong and doing you harm and
that you really should give it
up whereas prior to that, you
didn't have the, I wouldn't
say the belief that it was
doing you harm but the desire
or all the information. The,
"it can't happen to me" kind
of behavioral pattern. Or, "It
won't happen to me, I'll quit
before it happens to me". So
by giving you that nudge,
gives you the opportunity to
look at things and say, "okay,
so I'm drinking too much,
maybe I should quit." As
opposed to going out and
coercing you never to drink
again without any explanation,
you've got to do the footwork
yourself so that you do part
of the learning pattern.
Laura: that makes sense.
Kiri: uh-huh.
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