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If I smash your car, is that violence or not? What if I take care to smash your car only so much that it will still be able carry you to work and back?

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What if I apply a protective coating to an unprotected wall, using my own money to supply the materials?

Same as adjusting other people's tire pressure: perfectly fine if you have explicit approval.

Definitely not violence though?

You mean like how poisoning isn't violence?

how is protecting your walls like killing you?

Not. Was this supposed to be a hard question?

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