[Homer_J_Simpson]

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[Homer_J_Simpson]

Nonviolence works best when your opponent observes traditional morality. Not so well when your opponent is a Nazi or a communist.

[PeterPrinciple]

“Isn’t that enough for one morning?” he responded when asked to say more.

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An interesting comment from the article. Just caught me eye.

[BroJoeK]

This is far from the least practical advice that Gandhi offered:

Wikipedia on Gahdhi

"In accordance with these views, in 1940, when invasion of the British Isles by Nazi Germany looked imminent, Gandhi offered the following advice to the British people (Non-Violence in Peace and War):[30]

"I would like you to lay down the arms you have as being useless for saving you or humanity. You will invite Herr Hitler and Signor Mussolini to take what they want of the countries you call your possessions...If these gentlemen choose to occupy your homes, you will vacate them. If they do not give you free passage out, you will allow yourselves, man, woman, and child, to be slaughtered, but you will refuse to owe allegiance to them."

"In a post-war interview in 1946, he offered a view at an even further extreme:

"The Jews should have offered themselves to the butcher's knife. They should have thrown themselves into the sea from cliffs." "

[GreenLanternCorps]

Did you ever read the short story “The Last Article” by Harry Turtledove? It's about an alternate universe where the Nazi's defeat the British Empire and invade India.

Nonviolent resistance does not fare well when the oppressor thinks the oppressed are subhumans...