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If I win by provoking somebody else to hurt me, that's still violence. True non-violence means nobody gets hurt.
by foobarbazqux 13y ago
If I win by provoking somebody else to hurt me, that's still violence. True non-violence means nobody gets hurt.
- PavlovsCat 13y ago"True non-violence" also means nobody eats, ever. Not even Ghandi's movement was non-violent by your definition.
- foobarbazqux 13y agoYeah, I agree. Violence is basically unavoidable at some level. I prefer true non-violence as the solution to problems, which is why I have a problem with labeling Gandhi's version of violence as non-violence. I think it's better understood as extreme passive aggression.