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Armed insurrection is never warranted? So the Polish resistance during WWII wasn't "right", was George Washington wrong for rebelling against Britain? "The tre
by viggity 17y ago
Armed insurrection is never warranted? So the Polish resistance during WWII wasn't "right", was George Washington wrong for rebelling against Britain?
"The tree of liberty must be watered from time to time with the blood of tyrants and patriots." - Thomas Jefferson
- mcd 17y agoI personally feel that killing is almost never warranted. Gandhi did not kill anyone and Desmond Tutu never advocated for violence. The problem with violence is that everyone feels that their cause justifies it.
- viggity 17y agoYou didn't answer my questions. Specifically, was the violent resistance justified in WWII? It is easy for someone to be a pacifist when they don't worry about violence on a daily basis because the most powerful military in the world protects them. "If the choice is between cowardice and violence, I advice violence" - Gandhi