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On 5/12/2013 4:47 PM, maestro wrote:
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style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">do you, by
this, support one's right to defend against violence and
harm?...</span></div>
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Yes, which is why i said "usually". <br>
Instead of violence, a better term might be "violent abuse" to
differentiate from "violent self-defense". <br>
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Do i feel the US gov is perpetrating </font><font size="+1">violent
abuse </font><font size="+1">against people around the world, in
violation of human rights? Yes. But i also think many people
working in our government (and military) are truly working for
justice in america.<br>
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Do i believe violence </font><font size="+1">against the US gov,
by it's victims, will provide anyone with "defense"? Generally,
no-- it will fail. And if it succeeds, then we'll only have a new
abusive government. Abuse breeds abuse. <br>
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In particular, do i think that if some Congress people get hit by
a bus, that will eliminate injustice? No. I believe the only way
to produce deep, lasting change is structural reform. Killing some
Congresspeople seems a highly blunt and ill-guided method for
producing structural change. <br>
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However, some </font><font size="+1">Congresspeople </font><font
size="+1">getting hit by a bus may satisfy some bitter folks'
emotional need for violent retribution. So there's that. <br>
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