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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: Lane3 who wrote (1782)7/19/2005 10:01:11 AM
From: epicure  Read Replies (1) of 541763
 
If you asked me to join you in a political protest I really wouldn't know whether it was going to be violent or not (I wouldn't think you would be violent, but that's because I know you). That's why I didn't take my kids to the anti-war marches- because some of the anarchists ARE violent when they mount their political protests, and they were part of the marchers (not a huge part, but they were there)- it's part and parcel. Our founding fathers were violent in some of their protests (terrorists, even)- that's the way freedom is. Freedom will involve a certain level of violence- because part of freedom, and free speech, is the constant possibility of people making their points violently. I happen to think it's worth the risk. Seems to me you want free political speech without any risk- you can't have that. Democracy is always in "big trouble"- that's part of its charm. A democracy is constantly on a kinfe edge- because there are always people who want to take their freedoms too far, and people who want to curtail freedoms for the sake of "safety". You can make an easy, rational distinction between peaceful political protest, and violent political protest, by simply saying "peaceful political protest" and "violent political protest".

IMO
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