[Black Cat]

Two words: Jesus Christ.

[weikel]

I'm not a religious guy and I won't become one...

[Khepera]

Jesus Christ supported self defense.

[steve in DC]

Even Jesus used force to drive the money changers from the Temple.

I believe there is a difference between a "pacifist" and a "passivist". A pacifist would be an advocate of peace. He would necessarily abhore volence, and the commission of violence against another. A pacifist would, therefore, find a moral imperitive to intervene to prevent the commission of violence against another.

A passivist, on the other hend, could never be persuaded to, even in the pursuit of self preservation, any measure of violence.

Passivists are all either crazy, enslaved or dead.

[another cricket]

"Sell your coat and buy a sword," was His advise. And for those who say that it was for protection against animals, in that case the recommendation would have been to buy a spear. Swords were for protection from other people.

a.cricket