@SuperDicq @sun
>as an excuse to commit violence on one another.
I'm very well aware of that issue and I agree. At some point you just cannot compromise either.

>and not as "preventative measures" or threats.
Self defense is obvious when it's physical attacks but what do we do when it indirects attacks ? psychological attacks ? indirect psychological attacks ?
NVC is a good was to mitigate against those. But our opponents have proven more than once that they will use any method and have no morals to achieve their goals.
There's little to negotiate with them, the OSI tried to do that and look where it lead them.
The FSF tried to do their own thing on their own side in their own space and even then the opponents tried to destroy them with psychological attacks and more.

And that aside lets not forget the opponents are willingly giving information regularly to suppress/kill opposition of various government in the world be they legitimate or not.
There's already enough piles of proof that people can morally use whatever means is necessary as long as it's done in an intelligent way that doesn't cost human life.

That usage aside, people having the freedom to do whatever they want with their computers in their drones, 3D printer or GPUs is the main goal in any usage.