can violence put an end to violence?

Can Violence Put An End To Violence? 
 
As hard as it is to remember when such a tragic work of violence occurs,
Violence does Begat Violence. 
It makes no difference if our Cause is just or not, it makes no difference
if we did not intend to murder innocents, once we have turned to violence to
solve our problems, we will be paid back in violence. 
And it makes no difference who these insane killers believe they're serving.
Do we think these heartless fools went to some special killer school,
learning how to build bombs and get the most bodies for the bang?  Maybe,
but more likely they were trained up right here under the watchful eye of
our violent TV, videos and our Might makes Right ideology.  We have violence
because we teach violence.  We tolerate it and even encourage it.  What is
our reaction to this massacre?  Violence.  Kill the Bastards!  Find them and
torture them and chop off their arms and legs.  And then we can all go home
secure in the belief that we have put an end to violence.  Until the bomb
comes through our window, or our loved ones are gunned down as they leave
their homes.  To all of those who long for that great uprising of the people
in full revolution, this is what it will look like multiplied thousands of
times. 
There is only one way to end violence, and that way will still cost many
lives as the violent ones stomp and storm about, killing all resisters.  But
it will never end unless a massive nonviolent uprising takes place. 
Sad to say, there is little support for nonviolence. 
Carl Jarvis
 

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