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Posted by JayZeeBMT on Sat Jan 29 07:03:00 2011, in response to Re: Egypt Revolts!, posted by Spider-Pig on Sat Jan 29 06:36:33 2011. The American Revolution was a war. The Continental Army was fighting for its independence from a tyrannical regime, and waged a military campaign as a legitimate belligerent.The French Revolution, by contrast, was a violent uprising of the citizenry, and achieved its goals partially by summery execution of the French leadership. I should point out that both your examples took place over 200 years ago, in a vastly different world than the one in which we live today. I support nonviolent, peaceful protest as the preferred means to effect political change. Mohandas Gandhi employed nonviolent protest against the greatest empire in history, and it worked. Nonviolent protest places the onus on the opposing side to either resolve differences peacefully, or resort to force, which makes them the aggressors. Dr. Martin Luther King achieved lasting social change here at home without resorting to violence. So did San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk. That bith men died by violent means tells us something about the power of such movements, and the level of force their opponents use against them. |
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