Neither the Civil Rights movement nor the Indian Freedom Movement were totally non-violent. But most of the violence in both cases was directed at the protesters, and some of them fought back. I don't know enough about the Palestinian non-violence movement to speak to the validity of it, but I know enough about recent history in that area to know that the Israeli leadership, while perhaps not on the level of Bull Conner or Lord Willingdon, is far from innocent of any wrong doing toward the Palestinian peoples.
On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 10:01 AM, Michael Dinowitz <[email protected]> wrote: > > True, but it has to really be non-violent. Despite what is usually reported, > non-violent protests in the Middle East are rarely non-violent, especially > in a way that Gandhi or MLK would approve of. The media allows just about > anything short of actual shooting at people to be considered non-violent. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:337973 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
