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In reply to the discussion: do gun advocates ponder... nonviolence? [View all]Bake
(21,977 posts)17. Yes, I ponder it, as an ideal.
Nonviolence recognizes that evil doers are also victims and are not evil people.
I'm not sure on a day to day basis I can do that. If someone is trying to break into my home in the middle of the night, I can safely assume he's not there for a social call. I don't see him, hard as I my try, as a victim. At that point he's the enemy, and likely evil.
And if it's him or me (or my family), it's gonna be him.
Bake
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changed to "advocate".. I don't recall MLK jr. and his supporters ever taking guns into situations
G_j
Jan 2013
#6
I appreciate the change, even though it was of the "smaller caliber" flip-offs...
Eleanors38
Jan 2013
#9
Get back to me on that when both branches Congress refuses to pass anything n/t
Lurks Often
Jan 2013
#13
You cannot know that for certain given the evidence available to you.
friendly_iconoclast
Jan 2013
#45
Without evidence, *any* claim is no different than religious faith.
friendly_iconoclast
Jan 2013
#57
Not for me. If some violent street criminal is about to attack me, he will get a violent response.
GreenStormCloud
Jan 2013
#27
How would you know? Is it unpossible that some might just not agree with you?
friendly_iconoclast
Jan 2013
#47
Poor, poor you. Having people disagree with you is *such* a burden...
friendly_iconoclast
Jan 2013
#58