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Can you say martial law? I know several officers who belong on either side of the integrity fence. Losing the bad ones violently will only turn the good ones a

by eksith 14y ago

Can you say martial law? I know several officers who belong on either side of the integrity fence. Losing the bad ones violently will only turn the good ones against whatever good you're hoping to accomplish. This is absolutely the worst thing they could do. There are plenty of politicians, police officers and judges who are doing everything they can to free those wrongly imprisoned. Besides that, not everyone who works inside the "machine" is evil; most are just doing their jobs to whatever capacity they can and I assure you, they don't sleep well when their work is used for injustice. Violence is the worst option. Ask India. They got independence peacefully after violent rebellion failed.

throwaway2048 14y ago
At the time India gained independence, the British Empire was in shambles, and was financially derelict after World War 2. A strong argument can be made that it was the implicit threat of violence which the UK would be totally unable to handle at the time is what ultimately led to Indian independence. The situation is not a particularly effective argument that non violent solutions are always preferable, or even possible.