On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 9:01 AM, Carrol Cox <[email protected]> wrote:

> " peaceful, non-violent protest and the observance of the rule of law"
>
> This is a bundle of contradictions. The phrase "non-violent protest" is
> empty; it is meaningful only when expanded to "non-violent civil
> disobedience": And that is in flat contradiction to " observance of the
> rule
> of law." The last phrase is _the_ foundation for violent suppression of all
> protest.



Well, yes. These phrases make these things look more black and white and
clearly demarcated than they ever can be in practice.

I'd say there is no such thing as a "non-violent protest". There are simply
degrees of violence.
-raghu.
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