--- In [email protected], "Llundrub" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So how does this jibe with the principle of non-violence? > > Where's the non-violence if the threat and fear of the American A- > Bomb is invoked in order to save your people? > > ----Perhaps the support to resettle here. Perhaps the resort of American political pressure. It's not merely the threat of the A bomb that makes America mighty but the threat of embargos and public opinion and the free media. It's the threat of loss of American commerce.
Well, yes, on this I would agree: threat of embargos and loss of Amreican commerce is non-violent. > > The Dalai Lama tells sories often about his falcons and the hawk that trys to kill them and of his air rifle. You can also scare someone to act a certain way that doesn't hurt them. But that's threat of violence, whether the violence ultimately takes place or not; so in this example you give, it is NOT non-violence being used. > > I think most intelligent people on earth wish we could outsmart terrorists and their strategic demands without having to murder a bunch of people and write it off to collateral damage. That's just a waste in every way. > > We could have outsmarted Al Queda by feeding the hungry all over the whole world Well, IMHO, America is and has been feeding the hungry all over the world by spreading and encouraging American commerce, free trade, and globalisation all over the world...didn't stop Al Quada from flying into the World Trade Center... > and increasing love of foreign culture, applauding the efforts of the angry and the fanatic, and diffusing them just like how when someone gets in your face if you are not angry you often can calm them down. > > Just so many smart techniques to try, as opposed to the pounding them mercilessly to fuck and gone technique. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
