Andrea Yates verdict - huh?

[Nicodemus Phaulkon]

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.

So, you're a pacifist until you determine you're not a pacifist. Interesting.

Profanity has nothing to do with being pacifist. That is just silly.

My error -- I associate profanity with aggression. Perhaps it's because the majority of your posts feature both profanity and aggression so intricately interlocked that I became confused on your claim to have a calm demeanor.

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.

pacifist

adj : opposed to war [syn: pacifist(a), pacifistic, dovish] n : someone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes [syn: pacificist, disarmer]

I don't see any reference to a threshold whereupon asses are to be kicked. Perhaps you might need to look up what the word hypocrite means.

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

I find it remarkable you can foreward Ghandi as a reference and put this statement as your conclusion. It shows a dexterity of mind that borders on schism.