http://palestinethinktank.com/2009/04/18/non-violence-in-palestine-timing-and-intentions/ Free Minds for a Free Palestine Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:10:11 +0300 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://palestinethinktank.com/2009/04/18/non-violence-in-palestine-timing-and-intentions/#comment-7917 Teena Sat, 18 Apr 2009 20:54:34 +0000 http://palestinethinktank.com/2009/04/18/non-violence-in-palestine-timing-and-intentions/#comment-7917 It's easy to forget that for every so called non-violent movement, another armed resistance movement did most of the scarifies. And when it was time for the belligerent party to compromise, those who carried arms were excluded in favor of those who did not. For MLK there was Malcolm X, and for Gandhi, there were Hindu and Muslim underground resistance that dealt the British painful blows. Even the highly celebrated "non-violent" Tibetans, their pacifism came after the Chinese overwhelmed and disarmed them. But the Tubetans fought the Chinese with guns and spears before they discovered that resistance is futile. And the out come is the slow liquidation of the Tibetan identity. Non-violence is a fictitious resistance ideology the Colonial West promotes to reward those who don't raise arms against them and to punish those who do all of the fighting for freedom. If anyone really believes Algiers, Iraq or Vietnam could have been liberated with non-violence, I have an extra pyramid to sell you. It's easy to forget that for every so called non-violent movement, another armed resistance movement did most of the scarifies. And when it was time for the belligerent party to compromise, those who carried arms were excluded in favor of those who did not. For MLK there was Malcolm X, and for Gandhi, there were Hindu and Muslim underground resistance that dealt the British painful blows. Even the highly celebrated "non-violent" Tibetans, their pacifism came after the Chinese overwhelmed and disarmed them. But the Tubetans fought the Chinese with guns and spears before they discovered that resistance is futile. And the out come is the slow liquidation of the Tibetan identity. Non-violence is a fictitious resistance ideology the Colonial West promotes to reward those who don't raise arms against them and to punish those who do all of the fighting for freedom. If anyone really believes Algiers, Iraq or Vietnam could have been liberated with non-violence, I have an extra pyramid to sell you.

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