Ahimsa vs Himsa

Excerpt from a recent chat

Varsha: What is the difference between Ahimsa and Himsa
Me: Ahimsa is non violence, whereas Himsa is violence. Violence can be verbal, physical, emotional, non verbal (body language) etc whereby u cause hurt to the other person.
Varsha: I know it, anything else
Me: Ahimsa is the rational way to solve the problem. Himsa is forcing the other person to accept.
Varsha: go on
Me: Ahimsa is empathising with the situation whereas Himsa is reacting to the situation.
Me: Ahimsa is in-human whereas Himsa is human
Varsha: You keep writing I will be back in a minute
Me: Ahimsa is thought process whereas Himsa is unthinking
Me: Not listening is also himsa
Me: Ahimsa is a learned way of responding to the problem where as Himsa is an ignorant response
Me: Ahimsa is two way process whereas Himsa in most cases is one way
Me: Ahimsa is an attack on the problem to resolve it whereas Himsa is generally a defensive approach and an attack on the person
Me: Ahimsa is trying to weed out the problem whereas Himsa is trying to wade off the problem.
Varsha: try to find out something simple setences which can be understood. Use simple language
Sent at 11:50 AM on Thursday