Category Archives: violence

May 18 0 comments
Anonymous, arguing, Persuasion, violence

Persuasion vs Force – Persuasion #5

Can you find the secret, subliminal, self-advertisement in the napkin today?  Let me know in the comments if you find it.

Persuasion vs Force - Persuasion #5

I am not a pacifist. I believe there are times to use force.  But there are definitely times not to as well.  Trying to persuade a people of something is not a good time to be violent.  You may get them to submit, no doubt. But you won’t get them to convert to the idea you want them to.  

Force is not always violence. Force can sometimes be verbal or material coercion based on shame, guilt, ignorance, lies.  You take away enough of a person’s material sustenance and they will submit to your idea. But you won’t get them to truly believe it, only persuasion can do that.  You can manipulate all you want. It can even look like victory for a while. But it will not succeed in the long term.  

Persuasion, true honest persuasion, is the result of freedom to argue, debate, talk, reason, ponder, listen, walk away, reject, agree and disagree.  And being free from the threat of violence is the only way to do that effectively.

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Drawing by Marty Coleman, who put a secret self-advertising message in the napkin today.

Quote by Anonymous, who always puts secrets in my drawings and I don’t even know it.

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Jan 10 1 comments
Gabrielle Giffords, hate, Rhetoric, violence

>Rhetoric #1 – The Broad Masses

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Drink your opinion on a Coffee Cup

I don’t care if the guy who shot everyone in Arizona was influenced by right wing rhetoric or not. I knew long before that incident that words are powerful and hateful, disrespectful and violent words used by manipulative people, right or left, for their own selfish agenda of money, fame or power, without regard for the consequences, are dangerous words spoken by dangerous people.


I will not agree with all the media voices. I will not agree with all politicians.  But I will trust they are doing what they think is right IF I hear respect and love in their words and in their voice.  BUT I will NOT trust nor follow the people who say words that inflame hate, disrespect and vengeance no matter how closely I may be aligned with their political or social position.


I heartily suggest you consider doing the same and boycotting those who have decided to use those rhetorical tools to get what the want. Don’t give it to them.  If they want your attention and your respect, make them work for it by using their voices with respect and civility.


Drawing and commentary by Marty Coleman of The Napkin Dad Daily


Quote by Adolf Hitler, 1889-1945, German Chancellor, Nazi party leader


Jul 30 1 comments
Penn Jillette, The Internet, violence

>My Favorite Thing About The Internet

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I now have a Slide Show page.  This month’s drawings can be seen all at one time here:
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Day #5 of Internet Week at The Napkin Dad Daily

Perhaps your first thought after reading this is imagining a sexual creep. And no doubt, there are plenty of those.  But what I think about more are the ones that are the most perverse, the creepiest, the ones that put a shiver down my spine. they aren’t the sexual ones, they are the violent ones. 


The ones who promote violence against women, children, immigrants, african-americans, government representatives, corporate officers, police, spiritual systems not their own and more.  There might be a sexual sadism to some of these creeps, but in it’s essence the perversity is about violence.


They have rage that is disconnected from reality, reason, civility, morality.  They aren’t interested in understanding anything.  They just want to attack, and attack they do.  I have come across pages where the level of vehemence is so high I can only imagine the toxic ‘smell’ in the place those words are being typed.


There is only one simple antidote to this, and it is your own goodness.  Fighting against violence is good and important, but not all of us can do that first hand. What we can do is make sure we never contribute to it with time, money, encouragement or tacit agreement.  Don’t let that happen.


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Drawing and commentary by Marty Coleman of The Napkin Dad Daily


Quote by Penn Jillette, 1955- not dead yet, American entertainer


Dec 23 0 comments
Ogden Nash, violence

>People Can't Concentrate Properly

>A cannon would say that, wouldn’t it.

Who is a cannon in your life, not wanting messages of love and compassion to get in the way of the job of destruction that must be done?

Give them a big dose of December 25th this year!

Suitable Thoughts card
Give ‘Suitable Thoughts’ as your Christmas card this year

Drawing and commentary by Marty Coleman of the Napkin Dad Daily

Quote by Ogden Nash, 1902-1971, American Poet


Nov 06 0 comments
Fort Hood, running, sadness, Samuel Johnson, violence

>While Grief is Fresh

>Just thinking of the Fort Hood shooting yesterday and how horrendous the shock and emotion is for those connected to it, whether right in the middle of the shooting or family and friends.

No matter what the grief, don’t try to push people to ignore it, and don’t ignore it yourself. You don’t have to get rid of it, or hide it. Let it exist. Just sit with them, hold their hand. Grieve with them.

Drawing by Marty Coleman of
The Napkin Dad Daily blog

Quote by Samuel Johnson, 1709-1784, English author and lexicographer


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