Reply #10: On the contrary . . . you'd have ended up with . . . [View All]

[MrModerate]

A few dead cops, hundreds of dead demonstrators, and a militarization of the conflict that would have ripped the place apart and entrenched the power of the official bullies. Can you spell Tiananmen?

Ghandi proved more than 60 years ago that nonviolence is much more effective. Pots and pans are vastly superior to handguns and hunting rifles when it comes to overthrowing a repressive regime (or even a merely illegitimate one).