Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Six Principles and Steps to Nonviolent Social Change

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1. It' worth noting though, that "nonviolence" and "pacifism" are different things

There's nothing at all passive about willingly violating standing laws and earnestly resisting attempts to arrest you - see those men and women taking the lunch counters in the 50's. That's not pacifism. That's resistance, without violence.

Also note, violence can only be inflicted upon a living thing. Breaking a window is not "violence," it's "vandalism." Probably still undesirable, but don't allow that window to be put in the same category as someone who just got their skull smashed.