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Originally Posted by sweetpea
I understand and see what you are saying Willravel... and i am the most non-violent person you could ever meet, and i agree with you that being peaceful is VERY important.
but if some guy is going to try to rape me or try to kill me... i'll be prepared to protect my life at the cost of his.
Once you've known someone (and i have, she was my good friend) who was kidnapped, beaten and raped... it changes how you feel about people and about how far you will go to protect yourself. If my friend had had something to protect herself when she was kidnapped, her whole life would be different.
that's why i support gun ownership and self-protection is why most people i know support it.
sweetpea
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I watched my best friend get shot in the face and I still don't believe that self protection takes priority over nonviolence. I would also say that you are probably not the most nonvoilent person I could ever meet. If you are prepared to protect your life at the cost of an attacker you are non nonviolent. This is just my philosophy, and I don't want to judge those who have a different philosophy. I only mean to point out something like: Vegitarians don't eat meat. Nonviolent people don't kill.