I majored in non-violent philosophy in college. Could passive resistence have over-powered Hitler? Honestly, there's no way to know. That said - I certainly think it could have. Of course, it would have come at a terrible price. What did Gandhi think? He believed that Nazism was an evil, but he did not condone war. There's just too much to say about this. I will say that while I do believe VERY strongly that nonviolent resistence and civil disobedience can achieve any goal, violence in extreme scenarios is obviously warranted.
~Simon Simon Horwith Macromedia Certified Instructor Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer Fig Leaf Software 1400 16th St NW, # 500 Washington DC 20036 202.797.6570 (direct line) www.figleaf.com -----Original Message----- From: Raymond Camden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 12:34 PM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Super Duper Controversial post....heheh As a side note to this - how would Ghandi have reacted if he were in Germany. Any one know if Ghandi had anything to say about the Nazis? -ray > -----Original Message----- > From: Raymond Camden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 12:32 PM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: Super Duper Controversial post....heheh > > > This is an interesting point Bill. I've often wondered how > one would reconcile Jesus' teaching of "turn the other > cheeck" with Hitler. In theory, turning the other cheeck > would have meant that Hitler would probably run most, if not > all, of Europe now. > > Frankly - I don't know how to reconcile it _at all_. > > -Ray > > > > > > But that's a sticky wicket cause then we get into What about > > Hitler, I mean > > you know god would have to technically love him? but what > > ohhh this is the > > type of thought that causes brain aneurysm (sp). > > But at some point god has to say I love you but I'm doing > > this for your own > > good ;) ya know kinda like that oh well > > > > the other thing that always gets me going that people say god > > forgives sin > > if you ask to be forgiven which makes sense until you look at > > a HITLER type, > > I mean sorry doesn't give you a free pass. I don't know > aneurysm time > ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
