[lbo-talk] non-violence is the most powerful weapon we have

[Carrol Cox]

Historically, non-violence leads to fairly heavy casualties (including
deaths) among the protesters. You have to keep at it with huge numbers until
the cops/army get sick to their stomach at killing people or beating them
up.

Carrol

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shag carpet bomb: "When people advocate non-violence as a tactic - because
people look a lot more innocent when they're non-violent. . ." - 

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See, "non-violence as a tactic" hardly makes even grammatical sense, and it
hs no substance whatever. I'm being non-violent as I sit at this keyboard:
is that a tactic?

It only makes sense if you write, "Non-violent CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE."
Non-violence becomes a TACTIC and not a mere nothingness, only when the cop
gives you an order and you refuse to obey: lie down instead of turning
around, etc.

This whole debate is senseless until all concerned understand that
"non-violence as a tactic" means "civil-disobedience" as a tactic. Otherwise
it is incredibly stupid to say, " non-violence is the most powerful weapon
we have," since by itself it is no tactic at all, weak or powerful.

Carrol

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