All violence consists in some people forcing others, under threat of suffering or death, to do what they do not want to do.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Much violence is based on the illusion that life is a property to be defended and not to be shared.
Violence begets violence, and then you get leaders who are violent men. And you don't want that.
Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages.
Aggression is inherently destructive of relationships. People and ideologies are pitted against each other, believing that in order to survive, they must destroy the opposition.
I myself am a very nonviolent person and only resort to violence when I absolutely have to.
In a world where change is inevitable and continuous, the need to achieve that change without violence is essential for survival.
People have a right to violence, to rebel, to fight back.
Those who 'abjure' violence can do so only because others are committing violence on their behalf.
Yes, violence begets more violence, but historically this has been the way of the world.
Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create.
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