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I dunno, that sounds like a crime though.
by vim_wannabe 9y ago
I dunno, that sounds like a crime though.
- eli_gottlieb 9y agoNah, those were Jews and communists. No crime shooting them. /Godwin
- gryfft 9y ago"You also had some very fine people on both sides."
- _jal 9y agoWhich leads to other complications. Who enforces the law when the police are the law breakers?
- occultist_throw 9y agoDepending on which school of though... If you refer to peaceful methods, then look no further than Ghandi and MLK. Protest peacefully. Make them raise their fist. And record it, tell the stories, reduce their mandate. If you come from Malcolm X's or IRA's point of view: assassinations, military-like strikes, and generally war. I reserve judgement on which way is better.
- devdas 9y agoGandhi, not Ghandi. Gandhi was most effective when the Indian armed forces rebelled. MLK had Malcom X. You need a good cop and a bad cop.
- jschwartzi 9y agoIt depends. Do you regard your enemy as a good person doing a bad thing, or as a bad person doing a bad thing? If it's the former then teach them a better way a la MLK and Gandhi. If it's the latter, then teach them a better way a la Malcom X. If you can see some compassion or love in your enemy's eyes, then every time they hold up their fist to beat you you should hold up a mirror.
- moomin 9y agoThen of course there's Nelson Mandela. He started with peaceful means, came to the conclusion it was ineffective in his case and turned to violence. Later he refused opportunities to leave prison that would have required him to renounce violence. Ultimately, he didn't need to fire a shot after he was released but he would have done so with a clear conscience. Non-violence can be a moral choice, but so can violence in the face of great, violent injustice. Of course, we're assuming asymmetric warfare here. No-one honestly believes FDR was wrong to declare war on Japan.
- gaius 9y agoThe Coast Guard.