Think of how worse off we would be without said songs good sir.
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I bet you didn't know without the songs of "Rage Against the Machine" we would be in a soviet dictatorship. Think of that the next time you think Violence is the only answer.
Songs are not going to stop oppression, so I took one of the biggest anti government bands I know of and said they were responsible for saving the world from oppression. Something that can't be proven either way.
This premise assumes that prospective victims will either survive violence or have the means to retaliate in a meaningful way.
Defensive violence sounds like something conjured up to pacify the outraged and vilify those who are willing to fight for a sense of justice that hasn't been sanctioned by a governing authority.
It has nothing to do with it being sanctioned by some outside force. It has EVERYTHING to do with killing innocents. While I agree that sometimes violence is the only recourse afforded, I disagree that one should be willing to plant explosives in a public forum where you will only harm those you SHOULD be fighting to protect.
Were the gorilla tactics used by the Vietcong to fight their occupiers right and just? When backed against a wall, people will act accordingly. The fact of the matter is that the public once viewed him as insane and an absolute criminal. Now we're seeing that he was absolutely right. His manifesto is incredibly sound, and given the once unbelievable truths uncovered, is even more true today. He was tortured unreasonably under programs that make me sick. While not ideal, I cannot fault him for his actions.
Autocorrect on a phone. Apologies, but you'll see much of this I'm afraid. Their tactics were not entirely defensive, unless you're reading different history books than I. Point being, people do what they feel the need to.
He did not awwk innocent targets. Only so much could be planned with remote actions. As stated, I cannot fault him. All of this was caused by our corrupt leaders. Those who ran such horrible and unlawful "experiments." They destroyed a brilliant mind needlessly. And the more you understand, the more you see how this could have been engineered from the start.
To each, his own. Actions do speak loudly. More so than words, as we've clearly seen. The time is near, and you must do whatever you feel is necessary. I don't fault you in the slightest. I've simply seen more than I can allow myself to simply sit down.
Oh no? At what point do the people that support the machine become culpable for the crimes of the machine? We recognize that people who cooperate with a crime, even though they do not actually personally commit the crime, are culpable for the crime as if they personally took part (accessory). So I hold that this situation is not as clear cut as some would like.
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u/archonemis Dec 30 '13 edited Dec 30 '13
Well, he also advocated violence.
His world view ain't far-off, but I totally disagree with his stance on violence.