Theos-Talk Archives (March 2003 Message tt00274)

Why not? Or is it that you merely object to violence when you don't 
agree with the cause it serves? You called me a pseudo-theosophist 
because I believe that, in today's world, there are problems where a 
violent solution generates the least karma.

Erica Letzerich wrote:
> No comments…
>
> Erica
>
> Bart Lidofsky <bartl@sprynet.com> wrote:
> Erica Letzerich wrote:
>
> > > "I object to violence because when it appears to
> > do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it
> does
>
> > is permanent." 
> > > -- Mohandas K. Gandhi 
> > > There is no words to be used against those who are
> > > supporting the war. But if today each one of you
> > were 
> > > having expecting to be attacked by a country of
> > > supreme power, I wonder if you would say the same
> > > words many of you have expressed.
> > The evil that violence does may be permanent. The
> > evil done by failing to use violence, however, can
> be far greater. Do you
>
> > believe that police forces should be banned, as
> well? If not, then how
>
> > do justify their existence?
> Bart Lidofsky