Poll question: Who is more correct on violence, Malcolm or Mahatma?

[sabrina 1]

14. OWS is based on Ghandi's philosophy and they have adhered to those principles.

Their huge success worldwide so far, leads me to believe they are correct. It's unfortunate however that the police bring violence to every protest. But the majority of people, in polls in NYC eg, over 80% condemned police violence, even when they did not support the movement as it was obvious to them that the protesters were peaceful.

Despite media efforts to conflate police violence with the protesters, the NYT eg, was caught editing reports, one perfect example where the initial headline was correct in reporting police actions, was changed online even as people watched to 'Protesters and Police Clash'. Lol, people understand this kind of propaganda now so it's not as effective as it used to be.

So I would say that they should continue to be peaceful regardless of provocation, which they do emphasize at every GA before the protests.

When protesters have become violent throughout history, it is usually to protect themselves from harm.

So the best way to keep this movement peaceful would be for our elected officials to step in, as requested by the UN Human Rights Rappateur, and instruct their police departments to refrain from the violence that has become so prevalent now. If that were to happen, there would be little chance that this movement, so committed to non-violence, would ever become violent.