Non-violence as a strategy

[Crafty_Dog]

GM, BD, et al please feel free to engage here on this very interesting point.

I'll help kick things off by wondering where the Palestinians would be if they had chosen the NV route with Irsrael , , ,

[G M]

Where would would Europe's Jews be if they used non-violent resistance to the nazis? Perhaps the allied troops at Normandy should have thrown down their rifles and peacefully protest the nazi war machine into compliance.

I ordered the book, but I'm not expecting much by ivory tower idiocy.

[Crafty_Dog]

I credit BD with sufficient IQ to realize that NV is not the answer to all problems , , ,

[G M]

The fact that the book cites the "palestinians" as having used non-violence is a big clue. 

[bigdog]

I ordered the book...

Thanks, GM.

I don't think its perfect by any means, but it is good. And impactful (again, see the CV).

[bigdog]

I credit BD with sufficient IQ to realize that NV is not the answer to all problems , , ,

And I don't.

But we can begin with thread, too, by noting Gandhi and King.

[G M]

If Gandhi and King were facing Stalin, Pol Pot, Hitler or any other ruthless totalitarian, they'd be just another bit of human remains in another mass grave, forgotten to history.

[Crafty_Dog]

I suspect we are all in agreement on that!