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Old 2008-05-13, 23:08   Link #1118
orangejuicetang
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"Gandhi steadfastly avoided violence towards his opponents. The non-violent activist, while willing to die, was never willing to kill. Gandhi pointed out three possible responses to oppression and injustice. One he described as the coward's way: to accept the wrong or run away from it. The second option was to stand and fight by force of arms. Gandhi said this was better than acceptance or running away. But the third way, he said, was best of all and required the most courage: to stand and fight solely by non-violent means." Found the lines I was looking for. However, when he killed his father, Japenese was dying. If his father survived, there probably wouldn't be any Japenese or at least significantly less since he was advocating resisting until the last Japenese had died. And this is not considering the bloody battleground the country becomes when the E.U. and Chinese Confederation decide to have a little three way war on the island with the Japenese caught in the middle. However, currently there is still a sizable amount of Japenese living, though maybe not in ideal conditions.
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