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The enemy of my enemy is my friend...
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Yeah, it sounds like another way of looking at it I think
If my friend has an enemy, and it is a problem and he/she asks for help, then i suppose it is now also my problem?
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 67801204 It seems to work that way in many aspects of society and personal and interpersonal relationships. Even if the 'enemy' be just a group defined thought form. Like say, opposing teams. Fans of Team A group themselves as do fans of Team B. If your friend likes Team A, then you are more likely to also like Team A, often due location, and in that hold a common force you oppose. Bit of a rough example. Hope that makes sense. Gang wars of the 90's Bloods/Crips come to call as well. Us vs. Them essentially. That's a good example Team A vs B, or Bloods and Crips you could be killed(and many have been) for wearing red in a Crip neighborhood even if you weren't a Blood and vise versa. It just doesn't make sense. Even if he was a Blood, he didn't even know the guy most likely. They could have been best friends in another place and time Yes. Exactly. How do we as a species make snap judgement of 'enemy/friend' based on how others in our accepted 'head space' perceive the same? In the above example it was based on Red/Blue. If friends and foes all wore labels to define certain aspects about them which we attribute to each status, decisions of this type would be easier. In the examples of opposing teams and gangs, this is somewhat the case, the sides are defined, the reasons for friend or foe already agreed upon by each party of allies. No further evaluation need be made, because the labels designate friend or foe according to common agreement. In regular life, labels and stereotypes don't always provide enough information to decide whether someone is friend or foe. Yet, people make snap judgements based on body language, instinct, actions, words and other criteria, as to whether someone is a threat or a non-threat(loosely speaking-friend or foe). I think much confusion has come out of casual use of the terms "friend" and "enemy". When in reality, what is actually being defined is much more simple and less related to relationship and more to survival instinct.
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