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Originally Posted by John Wilkes Booth
oh... i'm not arguing against non violence. i'm arguing against compromise in the face of thuggery and extortion.
sorry, can't do waffles. i'm on a pork-only diet out of principle.
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And people used "thuggery and extortion", as well as beatings and murders, to keep African Americans down. They treated them like animals, leading to a massive and horrible amount of bloodshed. And yet through non-violence, all men and women of different ethnicities in America have equal rights. Things aren't perfect, but they're a hell of a lot better than when people tried to solve their problems with hate-crimes and violence. You wanted an example of non-violence solving a horrible situation, and you got one. Now, as promised, concede the point. Unless, of course, you don't actually want stop fighting, and at this point are just arguing for the sake of arguing.