Many outcomes are possible. Nonviolent interventions are immediate. Participation is voluntary. The interventions are non-heroic'. They are ordinary actions by ordinary people.
Nonviolent interventions are nonviolent.
The overall level of violence or victimisation is not increased. Using roleplays, Michael encouraged us to explore the infinite variety of nonviolent interventions that were available to us to prevent, interrupt or stop harassment and assaults. These powerful, non-heroic interventions allow us to help ourselves or others to 'make a scene' without increasing the overall level of violence or victimisation. In order to highlight the incredible variety of possible responses, Michael drew a line on the white board and put the label 'zero' at the left end and 'hero' at the right end. In fact, two hours later we had run out of room filling the line with suggested non-heroic options for intervention and it was clear that we could have gone on indefinitely.