> Violence is never justified. If one wants to achieve a political objective, always fight for it by political means. There's a line of argument that all (gove

> Violence is never justified. If one wants to achieve a political objective, always fight for it by political means. There's a line of argument that all (governmental) politics is just the threat of violence, packaged in a velvet glove. (One short defense of that viewpoint: try not paying your taxes.) I abhor violence in most cases, but I think it's a mistake to draw a stark division between the two.