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by viggity 6105 days ago
Armed insurrection is never warranted? So the Polish resistance during WWII wasn't "right", was George Washington wrong for rebelling against Britain?

"The tree of liberty must be watered from time to time with the blood of tyrants and patriots." - Thomas Jefferson

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I personally feel that killing is almost never warranted. Gandhi did not kill anyone and Desmond Tutu never advocated for violence.

The problem with violence is that everyone feels that their cause justifies it.

You didn't answer my questions. Specifically, was the violent resistance justified in WWII?

It is easy for someone to be a pacifist when they don't worry about violence on a daily basis because the most powerful military in the world protects them.

"If the choice is between cowardice and violence, I advice violence" - Gandhi