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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