From: Zbadba@yabbs
To: all@yabbs
Subject: pacifism
Date: Sat Jun 11 01:53:28 1994

I can't recall who it was (and I'm too lazy to look) that said something 
equating pacifism with apathy (I beleive "like sheep" was the
phrase used). To said individual, I would like to ask:

Have you ever read the works of Ghandi or Thoreau?

Do you know what it means to be a pacifist?

I am very much a pacifist. I will not use physical violence to resolve any 
conflict. Anyone who says that there is only one way out of a given 
situation is very much mistaken.

Neither will I be silent about my views. If an attempt is made to push me 
aside (as a sociological metaphor), I will resist without violence, in the 
tradition of pacifists before myself (like Ghandi, who achieved his ends, 
ultimately).