(February 13, 2017 at 7:02 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote: Should I revisit my stance on nonviolence? Is it passé in the current situation? I don't think the people advocating violence are making much sense, does anyone else get it? I'm not asking if violence is justified, if someone is screaming in your face about what they're going to do to people like you once the law is on their side, punching them in the face may not be legal or strategic, but I'm not going to tell you they didn't deserve it or you don't deserve to do it. But I think opposing them in other ways is smarter and that hitting them is counter-productive to your aims. Am I wrong?
I think you're dead-on right. Resorting to violence is in itself a means of delivering a weapon into the hands of your antagonist -- a legal weapon which can, and often has, snuffed out otherwise legitimate points.
The only time violence is appropriate is, in my view, in response to violence. You've got my vote, Mr A.
