Comment on Looking for answers

OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• LegoBrickOnFire@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Allow me an argument by Doctor Who: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJP9o4BEziI

  You can use violence, but when does it end, and what makes you think you are going to end up better off?

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  • shiftymccool@programming.dev ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    You can use words, but when does it end, and what makes you think you are going to end up better off?

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  • WoodScientist@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Violence ends when non-violent reforms are able to succeed. The real value of violence is that it makes the non-violent option palatable to the political center.

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  • Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    The doctor was against violence as a principle but he famously uses tons of violence (I guess in the form of trickery) but as a last resort.

    House: “fear me, I’ve killed hundreds of time lords”

    The Doctor: “fear me, I’ve killed all of them”

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  • TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    The problem here is that the war already started but just one side is really fighting it.

    I would be in favour of not starting it too, but it’s too late now.

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