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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Martin Oosthuysen" data-source="post: 26331" data-attributes="member: 1070">Defensive is incorrect,since when a T moves forward to strike that is not defensive but aggressive behavior. Just looking at a simple example of the word,when an opposing force moves backwards they are defending whereas a force moving forward no matter if they were not the first aggressor they are now the aggressor. That's just a form of how the word is used,and can be used in T's as well. - Aggression is harmful behavior that is forceful, hostile, or attacking. It may occur either in retaliation or without provocation.</blockquote>