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> Laws such as planting bombs, destroying property, and physically harming others. The problem with this statement is that he did not physically harm others, o
by ilitirit 13y ago
> Laws such as planting bombs, destroying property, and physically harming others.
The problem with this statement is that he did not physically harm others, or instruct others to do so.
- iends 13y agoDo you have a source? Mandela himself was pretty clear on violence being a tool to effect change.
- ilitirit 13y agoIn his own words: Four forms of violence were possible. There is sabotage, there is guerrilla warfare, there is terrorism, and there is open revolution. We chose to adopt the first. Sabotage did not involve loss of life, and it offered the best hope for future race relations. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/apr/23/nelsonmandela http://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/apr/23/nelsonmandela The entire speech is worth reading.