for - chronic disease - usually chronic is not a good sign - too much of a good thing turns out to be bad - it means too much of something, like inflammation will cause harm - when inflammation knob is stuck on high, it becomes a problem

metaphor - inflammation and forest fire - If you are camping in the forest, a small fire keeps you warm and you can cook - Inflammation is like that small fire going out of control and burning the whole forest down

• for: cliche, violence begets violence, abuser-abused cycle, collective therapy

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  • There is a massive need for collective therapy on all sides
    • Everyone values (human) life as sacred, yet deeds that intentionally bring about death reveals that our value of life as sacred is ONLY APPLIES TO ONE CULTURAL GROUP.
    • The creation of a relative conception of the word sacred creates
      • ingroups (where the sacred applies) and
      • outgroups (where it does not apply)
  • The intentional death of a person due to war, along with current practitioners of angst-basted anger gives rise to the next generation of hatred
  • Hence, today's abused become tomorrow's abusers
  • It is paradoxical that each side of warring cultures have highly learned religious men who give their blessings to the sacred ingroup warriors
  • It is the lack of genuine understanding of the abuser-abused cycle that keeps both sides locked in armed conflict

Work experience student from The Shrinking Morbid Hasbeen (SMH) kicks off with a crusty cliche. Journalists back at the office he's been supporting with coffee runs impressed they've been matched for mediocrity.

high proportion of edspeak here:

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