Very often people object that nonviolence seems to imply passive acceptance of injustice and evil and therefore that it is a kind of cooperation with evil. Not at all. The genuine concept of nonviolence implies not only active and effective resistance to evil but in fact a more effective resistance... But the resistance which is taught in the Gospel is aimed not at the evil-doer but at evil in its source.
- Thomas Mertonfrom Passion For Peace
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I'll take a stab at it and say you really hit the nail on the head here. It packs a punch.
The use of violent cliches in describing Thomas Merton's thoughts is really a slap in the face.
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