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I agree with both of you. The Color Codes are obviously just a piece of the awareness puzzle, which is just a piece of responsibly interacting with our environments, of which self protection and protection of others is only one consideration from many other considerations. Why I love the codes, however, is when trying to get someone to start understanding awareness and the need to shift the levels of conscious and subconscious awareness, as well as the responses potentially associated within, the codes are a “tangible” way to describe that process. Just as the OODA loop is something our minds do constantly at varying levels, understanding that process then helps people to understand how to best respond and take more control over their reactions, thus turning them into actions and eventually active cognizance allowing more effective and efficient response.