Andrea Yates verdict - huh?

[Doc]

:blink:

Somehow, given your extremes of profanity and recommendations for Social Revolution, "pacifist" wasn't the first term that sprang to mind. Isn't it interesting how we view ourselves despite all indications to the contrary.

I am a strong advocate of non violent protest. And in conflict I will do very very little to defend my self. I'll take a beating and keep asking for somebody to stike me. And I will keep getting up for as long as I am able.

However, my pacifist views change a bit due to circumstances. Women and children for example, I will most certainly rise up and bust skulls should danger come to them, or somebody truly incapable of defending themselves. And violence is only allowed to to the point of incompacitating a body... After that, I lecture them quite sternly on why I had to hurt them, and why they shouldn't do that. And give an honest apology for breaking whatever bones I just broke.

Profanity has nothing to do with being pacifist. That is just silly. As for social revolution, Ghandi and Martin Luther King both had views on social revolution and were both pacifists, both believed in non violent protest. Do nothing to defend your self, defend others only if you have to. I know exactly what I am, and I think you need to look up what the word pacifist means.

I believe strongly in social revolution but only through non violent protest. Lock arms, sing, and make your self a serious pain in the ass that just wont go away. I believe that kind acts and good deeds will go farther for social change than molotov cocktails and bricks.I believe that giving people food, offering shelter, and getting your hands dirty does more to further a cause than violent rioting. I believe that planting a community garden, fixing up a park, or otherwise making community improvements is far better than burning down buildings or looting stores. The system wants violent protests... It breeds what it needs for violence in the ghettos and the slums... It puts all of the right elements in place, like cheap booze and guns and what not, and repressed masses, and then moves in to crush them as an example for everybody else should they get the chance. The only true way to combat this is to lure people out of the system and make community improvements and teach them right from wrong, and offer them a choice, something other than peddling their own ass or selling crack on the corner. Violence is what the system wants, and it should not have it.

There are times though when violence is the only solution. One should not be such a fool as to deny this.