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minus-squareLegoBrickOnFire@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down27·4 days agoAllow me an argument by Doctor Who: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJP9o4BEziI You can use violence, but when does it end, and what makes you think you are going to end up better off?
minus-squareWoodScientist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up19·3 days agoViolence ends when non-violent reforms are able to succeed. The real value of violence is that it makes the non-violent option palatable to the political center.
minus-squareGrandwolf319@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·3 days agoThe doctor was against violence as a principle but he famously uses tons of violence (I guess in the form of trickery) but as a last resort. House: “fear me, I’ve killed hundreds of time lords” The Doctor: “fear me, I’ve killed all of them”
minus-squareTheEighthDoctor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 days agoThe problem here is that the war already started but just one side is really fighting it. I would be in favour of not starting it too, but it’s too late now.
Allow me an argument by Doctor Who: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJP9o4BEziI
You can use violence, but when does it end, and what makes you think you are going to end up better off?
Violence ends when non-violent reforms are able to succeed. The real value of violence is that it makes the non-violent option palatable to the political center.
The doctor was against violence as a principle but he famously uses tons of violence (I guess in the form of trickery) but as a last resort.
House: “fear me, I’ve killed hundreds of time lords”
The Doctor: “fear me, I’ve killed all of them”
The problem here is that the war already started but just one side is really fighting it.
I would be in favour of not starting it too, but it’s too late now.