3 ms·
Was the violence always against the state or was it also against innocent civilians? Not really the same thing.
by joelbluminator 5y ago
Was the violence always against the state or was it also against innocent civilians? Not really the same thing.
- whimsicalism 5y agoSorry, trying to follow the threads here. Because some violence was perpetrated against civilians, I should thus expect Nelson Mandela to denounce all violence against the apartheid state and condemn him for failure to do so? Why is the same charge not levied against the apartheid South African state, which refused to renounce violence after committing violence against its own black citizens (forcible imprisonment, beatings, etc.) for daring to marry a white person, against anyone who was caught in a white area of the country, etc. etc.?
- joelbluminator 5y agoI don't know what you should do, I do think it's complicated.