I have seldom seen war treated as a social problem....... also we are limited on the definitions of war.......vs conflict. Then there is peace...... and non violent resistance...or struggle. Perhaps non violence can be considered a weapon ....or a solution. There are cold wars.....to be considered Can there be nonviolent action in a cold war.
Wars are often lost or won long before those in the struggle know it....or so it appears. There are more than 20 wars going on at any given time..... how many can we name..... http://comnet.org/local/orgs/wilpf/listofwars.html The Intifada which featured the highly symbolic throwing of stones.....at armed security forces.... could have taken a step toward the non violence of Ghandi.... but it was captured by more violent forces..... as in India the approach to non violence was crushed..... While the Intifada made considerable progress was it ever appreciated as a less violent movement In modern warfare 70% of the casualties are non combatants.......this seems a cause to reconsider non violent strategies. We could compare the results of violent vs non violent conflict........I would bet that homicide and suicide rates are lower for nonviolent conflict. Just some thoughts. Del --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Teaching Sociology" group. To post to this group, send email to teachsoc@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/teachsoc -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
