If it were not accepted, the pattern would more resemble the first pattern, above. This is the creative act, which can result in the creation of new life. Sexually, this is masochism, where the subject obtains pleasure being the object of negative attention. We can make a distinction, for example, between the actual forms, and projections of those forms in fantasy. A game such as football or chess is a harmless ventilation of aggressive energy.
Actual warfare is a regrettable lapse into barbarity, above which civilization strives to ascend.
We take the position that love is wonderful stuff, and that we can all use as much of it as we can get. All alliances based on expressions of love will have positive effects, regardless of the forms, the genders, or the ages of the love makers. Expressions of hostility in any form or for whatever reason can have problematic consequences, and anyone caught up in a web of hostility should try to evolve towards a transcendence of that web of darkness into the light of love. If you haven't figured out yet whether I'm a fundamentalist Christian or a radical libertine, then I congratulate myself on an objective presentation of this material. Go to Patterns of Illusion and Change.