mixedmedia

Well, I wish I were in more of a frame of mind to write about this right now...I'm just not...perhaps later tonight.

But, I will say again that I am aware of WHY people living under oppression resort to violence. That is quite different from supporting and/or justifying it, which has been my sole point of departure on this thread.

But rb, are you suggesting that spasmodic and arbitrary expressions of violence are somehow virtuous or productive?

And arguing this from a pacifist position, even though I really don't consider myself one, is perfectly rational considering there are people currently living under oppressive circumstances who find it in themselves to indeed be pacifistic. Unlike violence, pacifism IS NOT a means to an end. It's a commitment. It just is. And in my estimation, we need more pacifists, not fewer.

Lot of fucking good all this killing has done for us, yeah.

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