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H2O Man

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23. Right.

Sun Jul 13, 2025, 10:50 PM

Jul 13

I certainly advocate that everyone has the right to self-defense and defense of family. I always liked the way that Malcolm X spoke about this. If someone is breaking in your home to do you harm, send them to the mortuary.

But from extended family experiences in "The Troubles," that's not where we want to go. We have non-violent options available to us. Yet that requires that the Truth of Thomas Merton's saying that to be a non-violent force ismore difficult to master, requiring greater strength than violence requires, must take root within the individual.

Yes, we are in for a long, frequently difficult and dangerous struggle.

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A Garden Break-Out [View all] H2O Man Jul 13 OP

Wonderful post, again, H2O Man. Cutting to the visceral cruelty in the droogs / republicans. erronis Jul 13 #1

Thank you. H2O Man Jul 13 #2

K & R malaise Jul 13 #3

Thanks! H2O Man Jul 13 #7

Excellent as always. Thank you. LoisB Jul 13 #4

Thank you! H2O Man Jul 13 #8

Yes, we do. I have been thinking a lot lately about what actions I can take myself. LoisB Jul 13 #20

Well said! n/t Saoirse9 Jul 13 #5

And thank you! H2O Man Jul 13 #9

I always appreciate your posts, H20 Man. Bumbles Jul 13 #11

Well thanks! H2O Man Jul 13 #13

I took my Daphne out for her constitutional this morning and saw my small patch of fraises des bois Bumbles Jul 16 #24

Thank you for saying so H2O Man. nt KPN Jul 13 #6

Thanks! H2O Man Jul 13 #10

Their tactics are tactics of war. cachukis Jul 13 #12

Very interesting. H2O Man Jul 13 #15

It is their achilles heel. cachukis Jul 13 #18

Right. H2O Man Jul 13 #23

Hate Works Orange Martin Eden Jul 13 #14

I love it! H2O Man Jul 13 #19

So..is it time for Democratic Leaders BittyJenkins Jul 13 #16

Exactly! H2O Man Jul 13 #21

Thank you! BoRaGard Jul 13 #17

Thank you! H2O Man Jul 13 #22

Viddy well, Droogies. Viddy well. Kid Berwyn Jul 16 #25