Non-violence is the only way. Peace shall overcome.

[originalpckelly]

[Mari333]

1. an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind. nt

[IsItJustMe]

6. Yes it does. And it is hard to choose sides on a round planet.

[sam sarrha]

2. the Genesis of a problem has absolutely nothing to do with its Resolution. till they figure that out

there will be no peace..

the people keeping the hate flowing know that, and profit from it

[balantz]

3. Tell that to the elitist corporofascist OILigarchy.

Us masses of little people wouldn't have a lot of trouble co-existing without elitist scum messing with us.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

4. How do we get

everyone to realize this can come into being if we choose it?

[Tighelander]

5. Are there times when it doesn't work, like against Nazi types?

[Occam Bandage]

9. Nonviolence doesn't tend to work against governments that

are not beholden to anyone's opinion of them. Starting a nonviolent protest movement in Myanmar, in China, or in North Korea? You might as well just save your government the trouble and imprison/execute yourself at home.

[DesertRat]

7. “There is no way to peace, peace is the way.” A.J. Muste n/t

[Occam Bandage]

8. Only when your opponent (or a significant number of its necessary allies)

possess both a free media and free elections, and if you can make your plight somehow inescapable to that media. Otherwise, peaceful nonviolence only gets more Tiananmen squares than it does Gandhis.

[Eryemil]

10. I'd rather carry a big gun but you go right ahead