> “Violence is never the answer" is both true and also irrelevant That statement is factually false. Sometimes violence is the answer. But we’re a social speci

> “Violence is never the answer" is both true and also irrelevant That statement is factually false. Sometimes violence is the answer. But we’re a social species. One-off violence is pretty much never the answer unless you need a short-term solution to e.g. entrapment. I didn’t say rights are absolute. Just universal. The process for abrogating them must be just that—a process you’d wish to be visited upon you. Unilateral action destroys the idea of a right.