Reply #57: So where's these many examples? [View All]

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And the brutality when it came to collaborators in France sort of dispels any notions of Noble and Unsullied when it comes to anything to do with WWII. I'll have to dig up the book, but there's an account of the incredibly brutal murder of a French businessman who'd been doing business with the Nazis. I'm getting the distinct impression that depending on how just the cause is considered, some brutality is ignored. Of course the cause of the French Resistance (which was in no way as romantic or widespread as is portrayed in movies) was just. But they did commit brutal acts. That doesn't make their cause any less just. And the same goes for the Palestinians...

btw, how would a massive non-violent campaign of resistance work when it comes to the Occupation? There's really no economic lever like there was in India against the British, and acts of non-violent resistance that are done by groups of Israelis and Palestinians have generally been met with violence. And it's no surprise that those incidents don't get any coverage in the mainstream media...

On edit: I thought I should make it clear that while I'm skeptical of the chances of a massive non-violent campaign of resistance having any impact at all, I'd much prefer that to attacks on Israeli civilians, which apart from being unsuccessful, are morally and legally abhorrent...

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