I can't recall a single person on this list who argued that violence should
> be avoided as a matter of principle.
>
I'd say that, absolutely. Granted, things start getting sticky the minute you're born into a socieconomic system that relies on massive institutional violence. But in a hypothetical world where one had the option of avoiding it, I would have no reservations about opining that people should avoid it.
-- "Hige sceal þe heardra, heorte þe cenre, mod sceal þe mare, þe ure mægen lytlað."