Revolution anyone? This is for those among us that think we can always fall back on revolution.

[marions ghost]

107. You have a false assumption about Gandhi

Gandhi said this:

"I do believe that where there is only a choice between cowardice and violence I would advise violence.
I advocate training in arms for those who believe in the method of violence. I would rather have India resort to arms in order to defend her honor than that she should in a cowardly manner become or remain a helpless witness to her own dishonor.
But I believe that nonviolence is infinitely superior to violence, forgiveness is more manly than punishment, forgiveness adorns a soldier. But abstinence is forgiveness only when there is the power to punish, it is meaningless when it pretends to proceed from a helpless creature. A mouse hardly forgives a cat when it allows itself to be torn to pieces by her. I do not believe myself to be a helpless creature. Only I want to use India's and my strength for better purpose.
Let me not be misunderstood. Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will."

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The United States today is on such a militaristic trajectory that we have forgotten that there are other ways of resolving conflict. At the same time that we would defend ourselves from attack we also need to give commitment to solutions that avoid bloodshed. We have not made that choice enough to even say that we've tried it. If you don't believe in the principles of nonviolent resistance, of course you can't apply it in a real situation.

Our wars for profit in recent decades are not honorable wars in any sense.